{"id":2237,"date":"2011-03-09T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2011-03-09T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:23:45","slug":"sarah-palin-is-the-reason-for-the-lenten-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2011\/03\/sarah-palin-is-the-reason-for-the-lenten-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin is the Reason for the (Lenten) Season"},"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>Today is Ash Wednesday- the beginning of the season of Lent. \u00a0It is a time when we reflect on our own humanity and recognize our need for the Chosen One. \u00a0To signify this, we use ashes and put the mark of the Chosen One on our foreheads. \u00a0That mark, of course, is a large capital \u201cP\u201d for Palin! \u00a0If your pastor\/priest tries to draw a cross on you, just expose him as the socialist that he is and find a new church!<\/p>\n<p>We try not to give in to stereotypes here, but if you thought that an African-American lady preacher would be the one to promote Sarah Palin as part of a Biblical prophecy- then kudos to you.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>The first part is a little slow, but things really get going around the 5 minute mark<\/em>)<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whacko preacher regards Sarah Palin as the &quot;Chosen One&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mmI7TRb_0mQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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