{"id":12935,"date":"2013-02-14T09:52:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=12935"},"modified":"2013-02-14T09:52:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:52:21","slug":"darth-benedict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/02\/darth-benedict.html","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Memes about a Pope and a Saint"},"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>It shows how hectic things have been lately that I had not mentioned the decision of Pope Benedict here on my blog to resign until now. And even now, all I have to offer are a few tidbits of Star Wars humor related to the subject\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2013\/02\/quit-the-papacy.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12936\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scotteriology.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/11\/benedict-resigns-good-riddance\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2013\/02\/367-benedict-palpatine.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12937\" width=\"375\" height=\"247\" alt=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"> HT Scotteriology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/unsettledchristianity.com\/2013\/02\/as-a-protestant-i-have-my-favorites-for-pope-as-well\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+unsettledchristianityblog+%28Unsettled+Christianity%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">as Joel Watts shows<\/a>, one doesn't need to limit it to Star Wars.<\/p>\n<p>There are also lots of Star Wars Valentines out there, some wonderful, some awful. Which are these?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i47.photobucket.com\/albums\/f176\/kurosawafan23\/bobafett.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i47.photobucket.com\/albums\/f176\/kurosawafan23\/deathstarvalentines.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It shows how hectic things have been lately that I had not mentioned the decision of Pope Benedict here on my blog to resign until now. 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