{"id":1188,"date":"2010-06-16T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/06\/lady-gaga-and-religion\/"},"modified":"2010-06-16T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T22:54:00","slug":"lady-gaga-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/06\/lady-gaga-and-religion.html","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga and Religion"},"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=\"http:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/lady-ga-ga-is-no-madonna.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Experimental Theology<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/06\/14\/lady-gaga-sexy-nun-too-far\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNN<\/a> have both had articles about Lady Gaga\u2019s use of religious imagery in a recent music video. Many are finding it offensive, and many more acknowledge it is provocative and controversial.<\/p>\n<p>In my own opinion, this is hardly surprising, given her earlier song \u2013 you know, the one that rudely called the Pope by the nickname \u201cPapa Ratzi\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>At least, I think that\u2019s what she said\u2026 <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luciafrancini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/papa-ratzi.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luciafrancini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/papa-ratzi.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-9091596845938907106?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experimental Theology and CNN have both had articles about Lady Gaga\u2019s use of religious imagery in a recent music video. 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