{"id":9847,"date":"2013-06-12T07:29:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T12:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2013-06-12T07:29:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T12:29:20","slug":"a-deeper-story-stephen-colbert-is-ruining-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2013\/06\/a-deeper-story-stephen-colbert-is-ruining-america\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deeper Story: ‘Stephen Colbert Is Ruining America’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

As many of you know,\u00a0I started writing a monthly faith and politics column called\u00a0Church & State<\/em>\u00a0for the folks over at\u00a0A Deeper Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This month I\u2019m talking about how Stephen Colbert is ruining America.<\/p>\n

You read that right.<\/p>\n

Check out the preview below, then click through to read the rest of the post to find out how he\u2019s doing it.<\/p>\n

\"482446_10200875837283253_249220570_n\"<\/a>Stephen Colbert Is Ruining America<\/h2>\n

Do you remember the trays we all used to eat off of in our elementary school cafeterias?<\/p>\n

I usually had to bring my lunch from home, \u2018cause $1.80 was apparently too pricey, but when I did get to buy my lunch at school I loved the trays we got to use.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Because those nice, neat little sections they were divided up into kept my food from touching.<\/p>\n

And as any elementary school kid will tell you, there\u2019s nothing worse in life than having your food touch. Although, I have to admit. Even as an adult, I sometimes have to agree with them.<\/p>\n

Look, if God wanted my corn to be in my mashed potatoes God would have made corn potatoes. But He didn\u2019t. Because clearly God doesn\u2019t like His food to touch either.<\/p>\n

As adults we may not use those wonderful gifts of gastronomic separation anymore, but many of us live our lives like we\u2019re still in the school cafeteria.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n

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