{"id":15379,"date":"2013-06-28T14:34:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T18:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=15379"},"modified":"2013-06-28T14:34:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T18:34:58","slug":"pre-emptive-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/06\/pre-emptive-judgment.html","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Emptive Judgment"},"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:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2013\/06\/28\/in-anticipation-of-the-next-natural-disaster\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">M. J. Shepherd posted this cartoon<\/a>, in response to something <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kimberlyknight\/2013\/06\/yo-pat-the-sin-of-sodom-and-gomorrah-was-not-about-homosexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Pat Robertson<\/a> said about DOMA, Prop 8, and Sodom and Gomorrah.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/8DuzDYf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"440\"><\/p>\n<p>It is important to always remember that not everyone, even among conservative Christians, thinks like Pat Robertson. Take a look, for instance, at <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/hackingchristianity.net\/2013\/06\/what-are-the-laws-of-god.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeremy Smith\u2019s post on the \u201claws of God,\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/biblical.edu\/index.php\/faculty-blog\/96-regular-content\/729-no-more-doma-what-now\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Mangum\u2019s post-DOMA thoughts on the Biblical Seminary Faculty Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M. J. Shepherd posted this cartoon, in response to something Pat Robertson said about DOMA, Prop 8, and Sodom and Gomorrah. It is important to always remember that not everyone, even among conservative Christians, thinks like Pat Robertson. 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