{"id":2683,"date":"2008-12-04T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T17:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2008\/12\/04\/some-comparisons\/"},"modified":"2008-12-04T12:46:06","modified_gmt":"2008-12-04T17:46:06","slug":"some-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/12\/some-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Some comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"blog\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/youngfogeys.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" y>Fr. Jay Toborowsk<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article\">If a football coach tells parents their son needs to memorize plays to be on the team, the parents agree.  If a priest tells parents their child needs to memorize prayers or facts about their faith to be a better Catholic, the parents argue.<\/p>\n<p>If a soccer coach tells parents they need to get their child to team practices three times a week, the parents change work schedules and arrange carpools.  If a priest tells parents they need to get their child to a practice before a big liturgy, the parents complain.<\/p>\n<p>If a cheerleading coach tells parents that they need to raise money so the team can go to a competition at Disney World, the parents sell candy bars and wash cars.  If a priest tells parents that they need to raise money so the altar servers can get new robes, the parents remark that &#8220;It&#8217;s always about money&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If a school teacher isn&#8217;t pushing his\/her students to read and do math beyond their grade level, then he\/she isn&#8217;t thought to be doing their job.  If a religious education program pushes students to know and understand their faith beyond their grade level, then the program is thought to be &#8220;unrealistic&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fr. Jay Toborowsk If a football coach tells parents their son needs to memorize plays to be on the team, the parents agree. If a priest tells parents their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}