{"id":1533,"date":"2022-03-16T10:39:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:31:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:31:36","slug":"dear-jon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/03\/16\/dear-jon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Jon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Jon\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Jonathan Edwards –
\nmay I call you Jon? –
\nIt has come
\nto my attention
\nthat on or about
\nJuly 8, 1741,
\nin Enfield, Connecticut,
\nyou preached
\na sermon called
\nSinners In the Hands of
\nAn Angry God.<\/p>\n

Some have called it
\nthe Dawn of
\nThe First
\nGreat Awakening.<\/p>\n

I am calling it
\nThe Great
\nSlander.<\/p>\n

I am backdating
\nthis letter to
\nJuly 4, 1741,
\nto allow a fews days
\nfor delivery,
\nand to celebrate
\nmy growing
\nIndependence from the
\ncockamamie notion that
\nGod is angry
\nwith his\/her
\n(it defies pronouns)<\/p>\n

Beloved
\nAdored
\nCherished
\nEndeared
\nOnes.<\/p>\n

\n

Not even with you,
\nin spite of your
\nGreat
\nBesmirch!<\/p>\n

Nevertheless,
\nin hopes of
\nprecluding the
\nPuritan Stain
\nupon
\nthe Beauty of
\nAll That Is,<\/p>\n

I must ask you to
\nCease and Desist
\nfrom preaching
\nthe Libel of an
\nangry
\nGod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Dear Jon\u2028 Dear Jonathan Edwards – may I call you Jon? – It has come to my attention that on or about July 8, 1741, in Enfield, Connecticut, you preached a sermon called Sinners In the Hands of An Angry God. Some have called it the Dawn of The First Great Awakening. I am […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t