{"id":7799,"date":"2013-12-03T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T18:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2013-12-03T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T18:53:32","slug":"serious-christians-should-abstain-from-thing-i-totally-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2013\/12\/serious-christians-should-abstain-from-thing-i-totally-did.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Serious Christians Should Abstain From&#8221;&#8230; Thing I Totally Did"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry makes a very good point:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Remember when Pope Francis gave that interview? And he said something heretical-sounding? And all orthodox Christians blew a fuse? And it turned out the interview wasn\u2019t proofread and Francis never said that?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanscene.com\/2013\/11\/26\/serious-christians-should-abstain-from-theology-via-media-quotes\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fact I\u2019d been wondering whether I should add a note to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2013\/10\/the-pope-and-the-pregnancy-center.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>, since the one place where I got up on my hind feet and took a swipe at Pope Francis was in fact a paraphrase\/distortion. I decided not to, but PEG made me rethink that, in part because I know I included the bit about what I didn\u2019t understand or approve in the Pope\u2019s interview <em>so that<\/em> I could attempt to gain audience trust by distinguishing myself from the Pope. Like, she\u2019s not just some Vatican lackey, she <em>thinks her own thoughts!<\/em> (\u2026<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/beyond-critical-thinking\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Good<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godspy.com\/magazine\/repeat-the-sounding-joy\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">me<\/a>?) Worth flagging so I don\u2019t do it again.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry makes a very good point: Remember when Pope Francis gave that interview? And he said something heretical-sounding? And all orthodox Christians blew a fuse? 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