{"id":1986,"date":"2014-10-16T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/billykangas\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2014-10-16T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T19:09:46","slug":"does-santa-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billykangas\/2014\/10\/does-santa-exist.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Santa Exist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/394\/2014\/10\/Santa.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/394\/2014\/10\/Santa.jpg\" alt=\"Santa\" width=\"598\" height=\"196\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: solid 1px #dedede;\" src=\"http:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/splayer\/f\/51122\/35605874\" width=\"220\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center><br>\nI recently had a chance to chat with veteran comedy writer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericlinuskaplan\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Kaplin<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 @ericlinuskaplan\u00a0\u2013 about his new book about reason, mysticism, comedy, beauty, and how we know what we know. \u00a0He\u2019s written some great comedy for some great TV shows like the Big Bang Theory and Futurama. This has given him a unique platform to write, what essentially boils down to a popular level book about theology, epistemology\u00a0and ontology. I was truly delighted to read his book, and our conversation was a true treat. I hope you can take a moment to listen. I have embeded the file above, you can download it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theologues.com\/podcast\/does-santa-exist-a-conversation-with-eric-kaplan\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theologues.com\/podcast\/does-santa-exist-a-conversation-with-eric-kaplan\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">subscribe<\/a> to the Roundtable for more interesting conversations like this one.\n<p>As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had a chance to chat with veteran comedy writer Eric Kaplin\u00a0\u2013 @ericlinuskaplan\u00a0\u2013 about his new book about reason, mysticism, comedy, beauty, and how we know what we know. \u00a0He\u2019s written some great comedy for some great TV shows like the Big Bang Theory and Futurama. 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