{"id":1856,"date":"2009-12-10T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/confidence-in-clergy\/"},"modified":"2009-12-10T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T13:35:00","slug":"confidence-in-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/confidence-in-clergy.html","title":{"rendered":"Confidence in Clergy"},"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><div>Apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandreligiontoday.com\/2009\/12\/10\/americans-rate-honesty-and-ethics-of-professions\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">confidence in clergy has hit an all-time low<\/a>. But I\u2019m glad I took a closer look at the chart Heather Wax posted. Initially it appeared to be a straight ranking, placing the public\u2019s perception of clergy honesty and ethics below car salespeople and even <em>lawyers<\/em>!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceandreligiontoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/9luhrh2hlew-ua3dac324q.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scienceandreligiontoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/9luhrh2hlew-ua3dac324q.gif\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4639222652352124529?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently confidence in clergy has hit an all-time low. 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