{"id":41883,"date":"2017-05-04T07:09:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=41883"},"modified":"2017-05-04T07:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:09:49","slug":"belief-dies-can-resurrected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/05\/belief-dies-can-resurrected.html","title":{"rendered":"“When belief dies, can it be resurrected?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Jaffa,<\/a>
A view of the very modern city of Tel Aviv, founded in the early twentieth century, from the very ancient city of Joppa (Jaffa, Yafo), which first shows up in written references nearly four thousand years ago.
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Do we \u2014 can we \u2014 \u201cchoose\u201d belief or unbelief?<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure that the answer to this question is a simple Yes or No. \u00a0Nor am I sure that the answer is even remotely the same from one person to the next.<\/p>\n

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But it\u2019s a substantial question and, for more than a few, one with practical implications.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a brief article<\/a> on the topic:<\/p>\n

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When belief dies, can it be resurrected?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n