{"id":17098,"date":"2024-04-29T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/?p=17098"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:32:16","slug":"521-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/521-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This Killing Christianity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2632\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17098-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/rosaryarmy\/ADV_2024_04_29.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/rosaryarmy\/ADV_2024_04_29.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/rosaryarmy\/ADV_2024_04_29.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/rosaryarmy\/ADV_2024_04_29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/?powerpress_pinw=17098-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moralistic Therapeutic Deism takes Christianity and reduces it to nothing more than moralism. The actual faith is removed. 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