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<\/a><\/div>\n David expresses astonishment that some Christians think that this image depicts exactly the way things should <\/em>be.<\/p>\nFor me, the astonishing thing is that those same Christians think that they can imprison God <\/em>in Biblical chains, even though the freedom of God is one of the many emphases running through those very texts which they are seeking to use to chain God down.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another thought-provoking cartoon by David Hayward: David expresses astonishment that some Christians think that this image depicts exactly the way things should be. For me, the astonishing thing is that those same Christians think that they can imprison God in Biblical chains, even though the freedom of God is one of the many emphases running […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,131,139],"tags":[1140,1625,1701,2484,4005,9543],"class_list":["post-10681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-christianity-religion","category-fundamentalism-religion","tag-bible","tag-cartoon","tag-chains","tag-david-hayward","tag-god","tag-prison"],"yoast_head":"\n
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