{"id":6904,"date":"2009-04-29T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T15:04:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T22:04:49","slug":"new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html","title":{"rendered":"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die"},"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>which, being translated, means, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/blog\/religionandtheology\/1403\/new_research_sends_message_to_churches%3A_modernize_or_die\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the \u201cor die\u201d part where you really get to the heart of the gay message to faithful Christians.  Indeed, some might translate it, \u201cor be destroyed\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>which, being translated, means, \u201cI demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires!\u201d It\u2019s the \u201cor die\u201d part where you really get to the heart of the gay message to faithful Christians. Indeed, some might translate it, \u201cor be destroyed\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"which, being translated, means, &quot;I demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires!&quot;It&#039;s the &quot;or die&quot; part where you really get to the heart of the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"which, being translated, means, &quot;I demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires!&quot;It&#039;s the &quot;or die&quot; part where you really get to the heart of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic and Enjoying It!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-29T11:13:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-01-01T22:04:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/3469526-8276492607458446268?l=markshea.blogspot.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Shea\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Shea\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html\",\"name\":\"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-29T11:13:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-01T22:04:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5\"},\"description\":\"which, being translated, means, \\\"I demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires!\\\"It's the \\\"or die\\\" part where you really get to the heart of the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic and Enjoying It!\",\"description\":\"Mark Shea&#039;s Blog: So That No Thought of Mine, No Matter How Stupid, Should Ever Go Unpublished Again!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5\",\"name\":\"Mark Shea\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Shea\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/author\/markshea\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die","description":"which, being translated, means, \"I demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires!\"It's the \"or die\" part where you really get to the heart of the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die","og_description":"which, being translated, means, \"I demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires!\"It's the \"or die\" part where you really get to the heart of the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html","og_site_name":"Catholic and Enjoying It!","article_published_time":"2009-04-29T11:13:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-01-01T22:04:49+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/3469526-8276492607458446268?l=markshea.blogspot.com"}],"author":"Mark Shea","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Shea"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html","name":"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-04-29T11:13:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-01T22:04:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5"},"description":"which, being translated, means, \"I demand capitulation to my disordered sexual desires!\"It's the \"or die\" part where you really get to the heart of the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/04\/new-research-sends-message-to-churches-modernize-or-die.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Research Sends Message to Churches: Modernize or Die"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/","name":"Catholic and Enjoying It!","description":"Mark Shea&#039;s Blog: So That No Thought of Mine, No Matter How Stupid, Should Ever Go Unpublished Again!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5","name":"Mark Shea","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Shea"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/author\/markshea"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}