{"id":11234,"date":"2012-05-14T05:45:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T09:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=11234"},"modified":"2012-05-14T05:45:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T09:45:39","slug":"tranquilizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/05\/tranquilizer\/","title":{"rendered":"tranquilizer"},"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:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/05\/tranquilizer.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11235\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/05\/tranquilizer.jpg\" alt=\"The church tries to tame God.\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is very much in line with my popular cartoon last week <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/2012\/05\/10\/god-at-gunpoint\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God at Gunpoint<\/a>. It reminds me of King Kong: people attempting to control something insanely wild.<\/p>\n<p>It also reminds me of something Annie Dillard wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What kind of god can be tamed?<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: red\"><strong>Own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/99780110\/tranquilizer-original-drawing\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the original drawing of this cartoon<\/a> Or buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/99780124\/tranquilizer-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a print.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/David-Hayward\/e\/B006GARC8Q\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">my books<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is very much in line with my popular cartoon last week God at Gunpoint. 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