{"id":6295,"date":"2012-02-14T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=6295"},"modified":"2012-02-14T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T16:30:19","slug":"biblical-valentines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/02\/biblical-valentines.html","title":{"rendered":"Biblical Valentines?"},"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\u2019ve shared a few sci-fi Valentines (with a couple more to follow later today). But what about Biblical or Christian Valentines? There are some obvious routes, such as using verses from the Song of Songs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucg.org\/teen-bible-study\/teen-bible-study-volume-5-non-biblical-holidays\/valentines-day\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">And the flip side, condemning the whole thing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stufffundieslike.com\/2012\/02\/a-valentine\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">as sheer paganism<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apenotmonkey.com\/2012\/02\/13\/valentines-poems\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">There are also some parodies that still seem to focus on the obvious<\/a>. But is anything more creative? In fact, there are, and here are some examples of the funny, the predictable, and the disturbing Biblical Valentines available on the web:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4060\/4363221469_c604b0a279_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_JT4IWYOfG5g\/S3g5g5X3g1I\/AAAAAAAAAa4\/-cAVTFNJnA0\/s400\/openphotonet_Biblical%2520valentine1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farleftside.com\/2011\/valentines2011\/50-shekels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"442\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve shared a few sci-fi Valentines (with a couple more to follow later today). But what about Biblical or Christian Valentines? 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