{"id":10444,"date":"2011-12-30T05:55:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T10:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/?p=10444"},"modified":"2011-12-30T05:55:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T10:55:19","slug":"your-predictions-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2011\/12\/your-predictions-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Your predictions for 2012"},"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>Now it\u2019s time for you to predict what will happen in 2012!\u00a0 See the accompanying post that looks back on last year\u2019s predictions for how the contest works.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry.\u00a0 We are not enforcing the Deuteronomy 18:22 rule.\u00a0 Anyway, we aren\u2019t asking for prophecy, just predictions.<\/p>\n<p>The more specific the prediction the more remarkable it will be if it comes true, and the more likely you will be a winner.\u00a0 (Highly generalized prediction:\u00a0 \u201cPolitics will continue to be polarizing as the country goes through a bitter presidential campaign.\u201d\u00a0 Highly specific prediction:\u00a0 \u201cThe deadlocked Republican convention will finally nominate a candidate who could defeat Barack Obama:\u00a0 Hillary Clinton.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>So what are your predictions for 2012?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now it\u2019s time for you to predict what will happen in 2012!\u00a0 See the accompanying post that looks back on last year\u2019s predictions for how the contest works. Don\u2019t worry.\u00a0 We are not enforcing the Deuteronomy 18:22 rule.\u00a0 Anyway, we aren\u2019t asking for prophecy, just predictions. 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