{"id":150,"date":"2006-09-14T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godweb.org\/wordpress\/?p=150"},"modified":"2012-05-17T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T16:01:40","slug":"150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"Madonna and the Crucifixtion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D150&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/madonnacru.jpg\" alt=\"madonna crucifixion\" width=\"235\" height=\"265\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/madonnacruci.htm\">Madonna&#8217;s Crucifixion<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIn the pop singer&#8217;s &#8220;Confessions on a Dance Floor&#8221; tour she poses on a giant cross, wearing a crown of thorns, against a backdrop of projected images showing children from Africa who are victims of AIDS and other calamities such as genocide in Darfur. 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