{"id":304,"date":"2021-04-06T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christnotchristianity.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2022-05-26T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:50:04","slug":"religion-is-a-public-bus-use-it-to-travel-to-the-truth-dont-make-it-an-idol-that-controls-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christnotchristianity.com\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"RELIGION IS A PUBLIC BUS: USE IT TO TRAVEL TO THE TRUTH, DON&#8217;T MAKE IT AN IDOL THAT CONTROLS YOUR LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"304\" class=\"elementor elementor-304\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6420f2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6420f2f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-568f239\" data-id=\"568f239\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16dd3fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16dd3fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RELIGION IS A PUBLIC BUS: USE IT TO TRAVEL TO THE TRUTH, DON'T MAKE IT AN IDOL THAT CONTROLS YOUR LIFE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbef5d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbef5d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-35ff5db\" data-id=\"35ff5db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90566f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"90566f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/dfyeeYdowZY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5276241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5276241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Christopher Hitchens, the late atheist author, intellectual, polemicist, and socio-political critic, might have unwittingly but aptly described India\u2019s hapless voters and politicians. 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