{"id":4465,"date":"2011-11-08T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T16:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2011-11-08T11:50:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T16:50:06","slug":"jedi-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/11\/jedi-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Jedi Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/politicaljesus.com\/2011\/11\/07\/the-gospel-according-to-luke-skywalker\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Rod of Alexandria<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5857246\/totally-insane-star-wars-ads-chewbaccas-makeover-and-darth-vaders-latte\/gallery\/5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">For more Star Wars humor, see the commercial series from the UK that was shared recently at IO9<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/johnwmorehead.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/guest-essays-patheos-book-club-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Also of interest, see John Morehead\u2019s contribution to a Patheos book club conversation that I also will be joining in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Rod of Alexandria. For more Star Wars humor, see the commercial series from the UK that was shared recently at IO9. 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