{"id":1692,"date":"2012-02-02T19:55:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T01:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2012-02-02T19:55:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T01:55:33","slug":"tigers-going-to-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2012\/tigers-going-to-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Tigers going to Church?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s picture you can see tigers going down the street, apparently heading to church (see the &quot;IGLESIA&quot; (CHURCH) sign behind them). &nbsp;I was wondering if they were really stepping up persecution in Ixtapaluca &#8211; are these tigers on their way to eat the Christians?<\/p>\n<p>No, they weren&#8217;t going to eat Christians or to hear a sermon &#8211; they were just going down the road promoting a local circus that has pitched tents no far from where we live. &nbsp;They were followed by camels and other critters.<\/p>\n<p>Shari just asked what was to prevent someone from sticking their hand in to pet the lovely tigers. &nbsp;Well&#8230; apparently&#8230; nothing. &nbsp;But who would do such a thing?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/gallery2\/f\/tiger-church\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/tigers-iglesia.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tigers going to Church?\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s picture you can see tigers going down the street, apparently heading to church (see the &quot;IGLESIA&quot; (CHURCH) sign behind them). &nbsp;I was wondering if they were really stepping up persecution in Ixtapaluca &#8211; are these tigers on their way to eat the Christians? 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