{"id":804,"date":"2008-12-22T16:15:12","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=804"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:33:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:33:57","slug":"during-the-holiday-season-remember-to-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/22\/during-the-holiday-season-remember-to-share\/","title":{"rendered":"During the Holiday Season, Remember to Share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s so easy to get caught up in the idea that this time of year belongs only to us.<\/p>\n<p>Newsflash: the existence and acknowledgment of other beliefs does not damage or diminish your beliefs &#8211; unless you choose to let them.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all on you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/post.thestranger.com\/images\/blogimages\/2008\/12\/22\/1229980568_r_1228782114_oppressedchristians.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"oppression\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/post.thestranger.com\/images\/blogimages\/2008\/12\/22\/1229980568_r_1228782114_oppressedchristians.gif?resize=350%2C262\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you think that your Governor acknowledging the existence of other beliefs is oppressive to Christians, you&#8217;re lucky that you haven&#8217;t experienced real oppression and you don&#8217;t really understand what oppression is.<\/p>\n<p>thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/post.thestranger.com\/images\/blogimages\/2008\/12\/22\/1229980568_r_1228782114_oppressedchristians.gif\">The Stranger<\/a> for the image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s so easy to get caught up in the idea that this time of year belongs only to us. 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