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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" gd:etag="W/&quot;D0UARHs6eCp7ImA9WxNUFk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15558284</id><updated>2009-11-07T15:20:45.510-05:00</updated><title>The Threshing Floor</title><subtitle type="html">"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." Psalm 51:10</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://kimaliczi.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kimaliczi.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15558284/posts/default?start-index=4&amp;max-results=3&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04861583107471830472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>423</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>3</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/threshingfloor" type="application/atom+xml" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>threshingfloor</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0ADRX88fCp7ImA9WxNUE0s.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15558284.post-7327147547448179018</id><published>2009-11-04T16:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T16:22:54.174-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-04T16:22:54.174-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="What the...??" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Religion" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Just plain stupid" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Idiocy" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Crazy ranting" /><title>Christian Chirp?  Seriously?</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://kimaliczi.blogspot.com/feeds/7327147547448179018/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15558284&amp;postID=7327147547448179018" title="11 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15558284/posts/default/7327147547448179018?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15558284/posts/default/7327147547448179018?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/threshingfloor/~3/TbcAdaeC8xc/christian-chirp-seriously.html" title="Christian Chirp?  Seriously?" /><author><name>Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04861583107471830472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="18198263539427824156" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><content type="html">I'm a generally conservative, evangelical Christian, but I'm at a loss to explain exactly why I bristle at the thought of a social media site called "Christian Chirp."  The following is an attempt to do so, and is my own personal opinion.  Please note that my opinions do not reflect the views of evangelical Christianity, the churches I serve and attend, or anybody or anything else.  You can &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/threshingfloor/~4/TbcAdaeC8xc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://kimaliczi.blogspot.com/2009/11/christian-chirp-seriously.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0UFQX86cCp7ImA9WxNUEko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15558284.post-8392860169685635702</id><published>2009-11-03T14:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T14:06:50.118-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-03T14:06:50.118-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Politics" /><title>Vote!</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://kimaliczi.blogspot.com/feeds/8392860169685635702/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15558284&amp;postID=8392860169685635702" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15558284/posts/default/8392860169685635702?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15558284/posts/default/8392860169685635702?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/threshingfloor/~3/uCoAUBugqYA/vote.html" title="Vote!" /><author><name>Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04861583107471830472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="18198263539427824156" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><content type="html">Yea, you! VOTE!

That's all I have to say about that...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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