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Unvirtuous Abbey posted this as a status update on Facebook:\n<\/p>\n

The Third Law of Theology: For every theologian there is an equal and opposite theologian.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I liked it so much that I made these motivational posters:<\/p>\n

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Unvirtuous Abbey posted this as a status update on Facebook: The Third Law of Theology: For every theologian there is an equal and opposite theologian. I liked it so much that I made these motivational posters: \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,42,101],"tags":[4871,6383,7740,9374,12505,12508,12539],"class_list":["post-11310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-religion","category-humor","category-theology","tag-humor","tag-law","tag-motivational","tag-poster","tag-theologians","tag-theology","tag-third"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Third Law of Theology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unvirtuous Abbey posted this as a status update on Facebook: The Third Law of Theology: For every theologian there is an equal and opposite theologian. 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