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I didn\u2019t get to mention it until now, but the blog Unreasonable Faith has shared some thoughts in response to my post about atheists and Liberal Christians<\/a>. It sparked off quite a lot of discussion in the comment section. I\u2019m guessing not everyone clicked through to read the original post, since some comments didn\u2019t seem to accurately understand the focus of my own post on the topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See too Rod of Alexandria\u2019s post on the subject as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"