{"id":12414,"date":"2020-04-24T13:24:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T10:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=12414"},"modified":"2021-05-06T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T11:04:33","slug":"what-if-chapter-2-the-acceptable-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/what-if-chapter-2-the-acceptable-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What if&#8230;&#8221; Chapter 2, The Acceptable Sin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Every culture, every time period, and often every church has a few sins that are considered acceptable. For the patriarchs, polygamy really wasn\u2019t that bad. In the New Testament, some churches thought it wasn\u2019t a big deal to segregate the rich from the poor. Not so long ago in US history, many churches had no problem segregating blacks from whites.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today you could make a long list of sins that are acceptable by many in our culture. 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