{"id":3736,"date":"2022-04-02T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T03:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:34:11","slug":"knock-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3736","title":{"rendered":"KNOCK-OFFS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like there are knock-off Rolexes, I suppose there are &#8220;knock-off Christians&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two knock-offs are similar in certain ways:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>A knock-off only resembles the real deal on the surface.\u00a0At quick glance the knock-off seems genuine, but closer inspection reveals the lie.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>The knock-off was made much more cheaply, and it will fall sooner rather than later.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>In both cases, knock-offs are, sadly, more plentiful.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is one major difference, though, between knock-off Christians and knock-off Rolexes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody has ever said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen quite a few Rolexes in my day. Those are the crummiest watches I have ever seen. Pure junk. Everyone talks about how expensive they are, but I know you can get one for 20 bucks on a street corner downtown. I have no idea how they ever became a status symbol.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somehow, Rolexes have avoided being judged on the basis of the cheap knock-offs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like there are knock-off Rolexes, I suppose there are &#8220;knock-off Christians&#8221;. The two knock-offs are similar in certain ways: There is one major difference, though, between knock-off Christians and knock-off Rolexes.\u00a0 Nobody has ever said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen quite a few Rolexes in my day. Those are the crummiest watches I have ever seen. Pure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3737,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions\/3737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}