{"id":3468,"date":"2008-09-17T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/09\/standing-in-abrahams-shoes\/"},"modified":"2008-09-17T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T09:41:00","slug":"standing-in-abrahams-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/09\/standing-in-abrahams-shoes.html","title":{"rendered":"Standing in Abraham&#8217;s Shoes"},"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><a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/17\/aqedah\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">N. T. Wrong<\/a> shared this cartoon from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xHGEELdSHHc\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> about someone finding himself in the same situation as Abraham in the story in Genesis. What do <em>you<\/em> think of the advice his co-worker gives him? <\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p><div>I also liked this cartoon that was shared at <a href=\"http:\/\/revfreda.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/on-science-and-faith.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Rev\u2019s Rumbles<\/a>. 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