{"id":6650,"date":"2009-05-21T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/05\/pitiable-2\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T14:59:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T21:59:43","slug":"pitiable-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/05\/pitiable-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Pitiable"},"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>If you want to understand the sort of wretchedness that could attract the attention of the Divine Pity and call him to earth to undergo the torments of Golgotha, <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2009\/05\/modern_day_isaacs.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">some people <\/a>are enough to break your heart pouring out their hissing hatred, rage and bile.  Such tremendous energy spent in the futile quest to rid the world of persons by reducing them all to things.  For that, in the end, is the drive behind atheistic materialism.  Those who will not submit to thingification are the object of astonishing hatred by the pride that wishes to subject all to itself.<\/p>\n<p>O My Jesus, forgive us our sins.  Save us from the fires of hell.  Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy.  Amen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to understand the sort of wretchedness that could attract the attention of the Divine Pity and call him to earth to undergo the torments of Golgotha, some people are enough to break your heart pouring out their hissing hatred, rage and bile. 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