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This quote from John Shore came to my attention on Facebook (via Unfundamentalist Christians):<\/p>\n

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I found myself thinking of this scene from the\u00a0Life of Brian<\/em>:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LQqq3e03EBQ<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"