{"id":1783,"date":"2009-12-31T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/total-eclipse-of-the-literalists\/"},"modified":"2009-12-31T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T10:12:00","slug":"total-eclipse-of-the-literalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/total-eclipse-of-the-literalists.html","title":{"rendered":"Total Eclipse of the Literalists"},"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>I\u2019m not sure if this video is a useful illustration of the dangers of literalism. But it offers lyrics that literally describe what\u2019s going on in the video for \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart,\u201d and I think you\u2019ll find it funny:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA<\/a><br>HT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2009\/12\/rotflmao-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literal-video-version.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">3quarksdaily<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-2253097013421659335?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not sure if this video is a useful illustration of the dangers of literalism. 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