{"id":582,"date":"2008-10-24T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/10\/a-bible-study-guide-with-no-bible-references\/"},"modified":"2008-10-24T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T18:31:00","slug":"a-bible-study-guide-with-no-bible-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/10\/a-bible-study-guide-with-no-bible-references.html","title":{"rendered":"A Bible study guide with no Bible references?"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/SQJ5kiOCJDI\/AAAAAAAAB9c\/o-sOLCw1Gqk\/s1600-h\/secretlifeofbees-banner.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 110px\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/SQJ5kiOCJDI\/AAAAAAAAB9c\/o-sOLCw1Gqk\/s400\/secretlifeofbees-banner.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span style=\"font-family: georgia\">In their efforts to connect with the faith-based market, Hollywood studios sometimes distribute \u201cBible study guides\u201d based on their movies.  Indeed, sometimes these study guides are so movie-based that they fail to make any reference to the, uh, Bible.  Case in point: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beesresources.com\/downloads.php?cid=46\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">study guide<\/a> for <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0416212\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Secret Life of Bees<\/a><\/i>, in which a group of black women help young Dakota Fanning to get in touch with her sacred feminine side.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/movies\/news\/secretlifeofbeesbible.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">CT Movies<\/a> has the scoop.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In their efforts to connect with the faith-based market, Hollywood studios sometimes distribute \u201cBible study guides\u201d based on their movies. 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