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Andrew Perriman blogged<\/a> about the interaction between myself<\/a> and Michael Bird<\/a> about the penal substitution<\/a> theory of the atonement. His reckoning suggests that the biggest difference between conservatives and liberals\/progressives might be the willingness of the latter to make puns and other jokes about \u201cpenile substitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

He may or may not be right. But in order to provide more data on the basis of which to determine whether Andrew is right, rather than write more<\/a> on the subject<\/a>, here are a couple of cartoons!<\/p>\n

$\"cartoon-penal-substitution\"$ <\/p>\n

$\"God-Throne-Absurd\"$ <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"