{"id":2853,"date":"2010-09-07T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/09\/godbricks\/"},"modified":"2010-09-07T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T11:05:00","slug":"godbricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/09\/godbricks.html","title":{"rendered":"GodBricks"},"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>I have mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebricktestament.com\/genesis\/the_garden_of_eden\/02_gn02_07a.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Brick Testament<\/a>\u00a0many times before, but a student just recently pointed out to me a blog I wasn\u2019t familiar with, <a href=\"http:\/\/godbricks.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">GodBricks<\/a>, which has a similar theme, being dedicated to all things at the intersection of religion and LEGOs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4140\/4870895092_847bab191c.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4140\/4870895092_847bab191c.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It includes <a href=\"http:\/\/godbricks.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/solomons-temple.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biblical items<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/godbricks.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/polycarp.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">episodes from Christian history<\/a>, but also ranges into other traditions such as <a href=\"http:\/\/godbricks.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/biggest-buddha.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.mocpages.com\/user_images\/24930\/12812633842_DISPLAY.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mocpages.com\/user_images\/24930\/12812633842_DISPLAY.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1704913969182948356?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have mentioned The Brick Testament\u00a0many times before, but a student just recently pointed out to me a blog I wasn\u2019t familiar with, GodBricks, which has a similar theme, being dedicated to all things at the intersection of religion and LEGOs. 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