{"id":720,"date":"2007-08-20T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T04:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/08\/20\/injuries-at-church\/"},"modified":"2011-10-01T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T03:52:11","slug":"injuries-at-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/08\/20\/injuries-at-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Injuries at church?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Often when an evangelical parishioner comes to the altar to receive \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the spirit of the Lord\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and falls backward, church-supplied \u00e2\u20ac\u0153catchers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ease them to the floor. <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>That didn&#8217;t happen when Judith Dadd received the spirit of the Lord and her lawsuit against Mount Hope Church recently went to trial near Lansing, Mich.,<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>She&#8217;s seeking compensation for head trauma and lacerations after no one was there to break her fall.   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