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The blog Whovian Theology takes the Doctor Who episode \u201cKill the Moon\u201d as a jumping off point for critiquing the widely-held view of God as one who doesn\u2019t intervene to right the wrongs in our world, even though God could,\u00a0in order to make room for our free will. One could easily substitute \u201cJesus\u201d for \u201cDoctor\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":26636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,101],"tags":[2765,3468,3610,4005],"class_list":["post-26629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","category-theology","tag-doctor-who","tag-flash","tag-free-will","tag-god"],"yoast_head":"\n
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