{"id":185,"date":"2008-09-23T15:41:45","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T22:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=185"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:53","slug":"how-exactly-is-this-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/23\/how-exactly-is-this-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"How Exactly Is This Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/23\/how-exactly-is-this-bad\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2F23%2Fhow-exactly-is-this-bad%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>What does it mean to be a free thinker?<\/p>\n<p>Why would anyone possibly think it was bad?<\/p>\n<p>Well, apparently one pastor does&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Find out what we think about it (and share what you think about it) on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/just-when-you-think-people-couldnt-get-any-dumber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LWL Worldwide blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping The Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/heather_sig.jpg\" alt=\"Heather Vale\" width=\"185\" height=\"31\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to be a free thinker? 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