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Via Hemant Mehta<\/a> I learned that cats have occupied creches in Brooklyn<\/a>. They also seem to have removed Jesus in order to make room for themselves!<\/p>\n

If refrains of \u201cPut Christ Back In Christmas\u201d were ever appropriate, this might be it. And given that cats are atheists (except for the ones who hold ancient Egyptian views of their own divinity), this is perhaps unsurprising. Indeed, perhaps they have situated themselves where they have precise in order to demand worship!<\/p>\n

Someone at some point in all this ought to quote John 20:13:\u00a0\u201cThey have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"