{"id":2733,"date":"2010-07-04T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2010-07-04T08:00:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T12:00:24","slug":"freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2010\/07\/04\/freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2735  aligncenter\" title=\"milton_areop\" src=\"http:\/\/69.89.31.52\/~drslewis\/camille\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/milton_areop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/milton_areop.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/milton_areop-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Areopagitica\" target=\"_blank\">John Milton<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/fundypedia\" target=\"_blank\">I have recently published on Scribd<\/a> many of the official documents that led to our exodus from fundamentalism, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39654775\/20070728BJU-Resignation\" target=\"_blank\">our resignation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39247563\/20070806-Letter-From-David-Fisher\" target=\"_blank\">other<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39247563\/20070814-Letter-From-Gary-Weier\" target=\"_blank\">correspondence<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39247563\/20071010-Letter-From-Gary-Weier\" target=\"_blank\">from<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39247556\/20070729-Correspondence-With-Weier-Following-Our-Resignation\" target=\"_blank\">aftermath<\/a>. If I mentioned them in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/ebenezers\/\" target=\"_blank\">my Ebenezer account<\/a>, I linked to them there. I haven&#8217;t even had the guts to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39247584\/20071017-Correspondence-With-Danny-Brooks\" target=\"_blank\">one of them<\/a> in its entirely yet &#8212; that&#8217;s just how painful this all is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/grant\/\" target=\"_blank\">my valiant knight<\/a>&#8216;s theological tomes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39247563\/Issues-Discussion\" target=\"_blank\">specifically here to Stephen Jones<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/39247586\/Emails-to-Gary\" target=\"_blank\">here to Gary Weier<\/a>. It will do you good &#8212; for your heart, mind, and soul. John Milton would be very proud!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,9,16,20,21,24],"tags":[107,295,319,398,610,706,745],"class_list":["post-2733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-dance","category-grace","category-grow","category-read","category-speak","category-think","category-write","tag-bob-jones-university","tag-gary-weier","tag-grant-lewis","tag-john-milton","tag-reformed-theology","tag-stephen-jones","tag-theology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Freedom - A Time To Laugh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2010\/07\/04\/freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Camille Lewis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/04\\\/freedom\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/04\\\/freedom\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Camille Lewis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e93a8c9ec8fb8b926471114158437f82\"},\"headline\":\"Freedom\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-04T12:00:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/04\\\/freedom\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"commentCount\":18,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e93a8c9ec8fb8b926471114158437f82\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/04\\\/freedom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/69.89.31.52\\\/~drslewis\\\/camille\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/milton_areop.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bob Jones University\",\"Gary Weier\",\"Grant Lewis\",\"John Milton\",\"Reformed Theology\",\"Stephen Jones\",\"Theology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Believe\",\"Dance\",\"Grace\",\"Grow\",\"Read\",\"Speak\",\"Think\",\"Write\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/04\\\/freedom\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/04\\\/freedom\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drslewis.org\\\/camille\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/04\\\/freedom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Freedom - 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