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Several<\/a> different<\/a> bloggers<\/a> have already shared<\/a> this video of a Volkswagen commercial featuring a young Darth Vader trying his force powers around the home:<\/p>\n

And although it is hard at times to see humor at the interface of religion and science in a climate in which pseudoscience continues to make inroads in science classrooms<\/a>, nevertheless this image from Marc Cortez<\/a> deserves to be shared \u2013 even though I\u2019m not sure I can articulate in words precisely why!<\/p>\n

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Several different bloggers have already shared this video of a Volkswagen commercial featuring a young Darth Vader trying his force powers around the home: And although it is hard at times to see humor at the interface of religion and science in a climate in which pseudoscience continues to make inroads in science classrooms, nevertheless […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nFor Your Amusement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Several different bloggers have already shared this video of a Volkswagen commercial featuring a young Darth Vader trying his force powers around the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/02\/for-your-amusement.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For Your Amusement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several different bloggers have already shared this video of a Volkswagen commercial featuring a young Darth Vader trying his force powers around the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/02\/for-your-amusement.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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