{"id":9857,"date":"2012-10-05T19:11:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T23:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=9857"},"modified":"2012-10-05T19:11:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T23:11:58","slug":"who-is-your-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/10\/who-is-your-savior.html","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Your Savior?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Phil Plait shared several links<\/a> related to Doctor Who and religion \u2013 from this video<\/a> on the PBS Idea Channel, asking \u201cIs Doctor Who a Religion?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>\u2026to this comic at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeonthestrange.com\/view.php?ID=211\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Home on the Strange<\/a> about a Whovian responding to a door-to-door evangelist:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/10\/who-is-your-savior.html\/who-is-your-savior-2007-05-23\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9858\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9858\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2012\/10\/Who-Is-Your-Savior-2007-05-23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"1094\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Plait shared several links related to Doctor Who and religion \u2013 from this video on the PBS Idea Channel, asking \u201cIs Doctor Who a Religion?\u201d\u2026 \u2026to this comic at Home on the Strange about a Whovian responding to a door-to-door evangelist:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,80],"tags":[2765,3357,8857,9042,10169,10885,10890,13704,13706],"class_list":["post-9857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","category-religion","tag-doctor-who","tag-fandom","tag-pbs","tag-phil-plait","tag-religion","tag-sci-fi","tag-science-fiction","tag-whovian","tag-whovianism"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Who Is Your Savior?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Phil Plait shared several links related to Doctor Who and religion - from this video on the PBS Idea Channel, asking "Is Doctor Who a Religion?"... ...to\" \/>\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\/2012\/10\/who-is-your-savior.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who Is Your Savior?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Phil Plait shared several links related to Doctor Who and religion - from this video on the PBS Idea Channel, asking "Is Doctor Who a Religion?"... ...to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/10\/who-is-your-savior.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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