{"id":13086,"date":"2013-02-27T08:52:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/?p=13086"},"modified":"2013-02-27T08:52:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T12:52:26","slug":"inspired-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2013\/02\/inspired-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"inspired manipulation"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_13087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13087\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/124878312\/inspired-manipulation-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13087\" title=\"manipulation\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2013\/02\/manipulation-550x547.jpg\" alt=\"inspired manipulation cartoon by nakedpastor david hayward\" width=\"550\" height=\"547\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cInspired Manipulation\u201d by nakedpastor David Hayward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Just imagine hanging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/124878312\/inspired-manipulation-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this print<\/a> in your office! Haha! That would start some conversation! No?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a fascinating verse for you:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cto the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself deceitful\u201d (Psalm 18:26).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh the wealth that could be drawn from that sentence alone! The wise writer knew a fundamental truth: there is a direct correlation between your condition and your conception of your god. Have you thought about the possibility that your ideas about your god are a projection of your own state of mind?<\/p>\n<p>This is why so many people in authority feel sanctioned to <em>manipulate<\/em>, <em>control<\/em> and even <em>abuse<\/em> people. They wouldn\u2019t call it that. They would say that they <em>persuade<\/em>, <em>guide<\/em> and <em>discipline<\/em> people.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Did you know you can make offers on <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/haywardART\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">my original art<\/a>?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just imagine hanging this print in your office! Haha! That would start some conversation! No? Here\u2019s a fascinating verse for you: \u201cto the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself deceitful\u201d (Psalm 18:26). Oh the wealth that could be drawn from that sentence alone! The wise writer knew a fundamental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[603,3048,722,3036],"class_list":["post-13086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartoons","tag-david_hayward","tag-manipulation_cartoon","tag-nakedpastor","tag-prayer_cartoon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>inspired manipulation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just imagine hanging this print in your office! Haha! That would start some conversation! No? 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