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Theophrastus at the blog BLT nominated this as the \u201cworst false antithesis of the week\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cDo we want a candidate who is a good, moral person \u2014 or one who is a born-again follower of the lord Jesus Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, at the Values Voter Summit<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To which the following comment was added that made me laugh out loud:<\/p>\n

\u201cMonty, I think I\u2019ll go with door #1!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Theophrastus at the blog BLT nominated this as the \u201cworst false antithesis of the week\u201d: \u201cDo we want a candidate who is a good, moral person \u2014 or one who is a born-again follower of the lord Jesus Christ?\u201d \u2013 Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, at the Values Voter Summit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,75],"tags":[1004,1848,2148,3340,3678,4871,7560,7701,10188,10463],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-politics","tag-baptists","tag-christians","tag-conservative","tag-false-antithesis","tag-fundamentalists","tag-humor","tag-mitt-romney","tag-mormons","tag-religious-right","tag-robert-jeffress"],"yoast_head":"\nWorst False Antithesis of the Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Theophrastus at the blog BLT nominated this as the "worst false antithesis of the week": \u201cDo we want a candidate who is a good, moral person \u2014 or one who\" \/>\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\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/worst-false-antithesis-of-the-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Worst False Antithesis of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Theophrastus at the blog BLT nominated this as the "worst false antithesis of the week": \u201cDo we want a candidate who is a good, moral person \u2014 or one who\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/worst-false-antithesis-of-the-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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