{"id":5002,"date":"2012-11-05T07:09:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T07:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/karenspearszacharias\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2012-11-05T07:10:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T07:10:05","slug":"i-wonder-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/karenspearszacharias\/2012\/11\/05\/i-wonder-why\/","title":{"rendered":"I Wonder Why"},"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>I wonder why it is that Believers are willing to speak out about this:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/abortion-protest.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5003\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/abortion-protest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And yet remain silent about this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/Smoking_Kills_by_xSilenceScreamsx.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5004\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/Smoking_Kills_by_xSilenceScreamsx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"588\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Why do pastors speak out about this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/billboard.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5006\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/billboard.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Yet remain silent about this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/adultery.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5007\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/adultery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"427\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If it is true that children are precious in His sight as we are taught in church<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/Jesus.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5008\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/Jesus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"288\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Then, why, oh, why is this church silent on this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/child-abuse-stories.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5009\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/child-abuse-stories.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"430\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If Christ\u2019s gift to us is peace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/peace.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5010\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/peace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"429\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0Then why do we so often let our fears propel us to this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/Arlington.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5012\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/41\/2012\/11\/Arlington.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"320\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder why it is that Believers are willing to speak out about this: \u00a0 \u00a0 And yet remain silent about this: Why do pastors speak out about this? 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