{"id":2925,"date":"2010-03-27T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/03\/proof-i-am-a-nerd\/"},"modified":"2010-03-27T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T09:05:00","slug":"proof-i-am-a-nerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/03\/proof-i-am-a-nerd.html","title":{"rendered":"Proof I Am A Nerd?"},"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 believe that <a href=\"http:\/\/theologicalscribbles.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/joy-of-clarity.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robin Parry has provided clarity<\/a> on this important matter. Based on his diagram, I believe I have managed to achieve a reasonably well-balanced nerddom\u2026.but maybe that is just me trying to persuade myself that I\u2019m not a dork?<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/S64CPRsBtCI\/AAAAAAAAAmk\/IbkMrGX0Gh8\/s1600\/Nerd_Dork_Geek_Venn_Diagram.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/S64CPRsBtCI\/AAAAAAAAAmk\/IbkMrGX0Gh8\/s400\/Nerd_Dork_Geek_Venn_Diagram.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1128296055115828752?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe that Robin Parry has provided clarity on this important matter. 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