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$\"Non$ <\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Non Sequitur<\/a>. If God is a personal being, then God would have to have a sense of humor, to put up with the things that are said\u00a0about God and in the name of God. If God was as intolerant as some of God\u2019s purported followers are and make God out to be<\/a>, then either fundamentalists, or atheists, or both, would be\u00a0dealt with in a less comical fashion and long before reaching the pearly gates.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"