{"id":2044,"date":"2005-05-09T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-09T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2005\/05\/bad-good-weird-happy-birthday.html"},"modified":"2005-05-09T02:56:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-09T02:56:00","slug":"bad-good-weird-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2005\/05\/bad-good-weird-happy-birthday.html","title":{"rendered":"Bad, Good &amp; Weird:  Happy Birthday"},"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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.straphaelnc.com\/AGpastor.jpg\" width=\"65\" align=\"left\"> <span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#ff0000\">A<\/span>rrested last September when security police raided a church conference he was attending, the <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/pentecostal' target='_blank'>Assemblies of God<\/a> lay pastor faces charges of apostasy from Islam and of proselytizing Muslims. Both \u201ccrimes\u201d are punishable by death.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/?p=771\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#ff0000\">F<\/span>rom the Touchstone folks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruxmag.com\/weblogs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">three blogs worth a look<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.straphaelnc.com\/jacko.jpg\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#ff0000\">M<\/span>ichael Jackson. I liked him when he was little, just a little older than me. But since then, I\u2019ve always thought he was weird. He wanted us to think that. Well, you know what? I don\u2019t know how to break this to you but, Michael Jackson <em><strong>is<\/strong><\/em> weird. Even weirder are the women \u2014 MOTHERS \u2014 who\u2019ve let their young children sleep in his bed. Anyway, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.this-side-of-glory.com\/archives\/2005\/05\/07\/quick-recap\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">what she said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Michael Jackson should take up wrestling. Can you see that?  What?  You don\u2019t want him on the mat with your son?  How \u2019bout your daughter? Just don\u2019t let <a href=\"http:\/\/janvbear.blogspot.com\/2005\/05\/girl-wrestlers-angry-at-easy-wins.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the girl win<\/a> Michael!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#ff0000\">G<\/span>onna go see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reviews?cid=b6267ee318b61121&amp;oi=showtimes&amp;fq=the+kingdom+of+heaven\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Kingdom of Heaven<\/a>, the new movie about the Crusades? Dawn knows, and seems fairly unimpressed with, the writer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawneden.com\/2005\/05\/crusades-film-writers-personal-jihad.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s why<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Steve Beard of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderstruck.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thunderstruck<\/a>, it seems fair to say, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/comment\/beard200505060809.asp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">enjoyed himself.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#ff0000\">T<\/span>his week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2004\/05\/day-one-blog.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">this BLOG<\/a> turns One. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thanks for reading!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrested last September when security police raided a church conference he was attending, the Assemblies of God lay pastor faces charges of apostasy from Islam and of proselytizing Muslims. Both \u201ccrimes\u201d are punishable by death. Here\u2019s the story. From the Touchstone folks, three blogs worth a look. Michael Jackson. I liked him when he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2044","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>Bad, Good &amp; Weird: Happy Birthday<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arrested last September when security police raided a church conference he was attending, the Assemblies of God lay pastor faces charges of apostasy from\" \/>\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\/orthodixie\/2005\/05\/bad-good-weird-happy-birthday.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bad, Good &amp; Weird: Happy Birthday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arrested last September when security police raided a church conference he was attending, the Assemblies of God lay pastor faces charges of apostasy from\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2005\/05\/bad-good-weird-happy-birthday.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orthodixie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-05-09T02:56:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.straphaelnc.com\/AGpastor.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fr. 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