{"id":3167,"date":"2009-01-17T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/01\/spoiler-alert\/"},"modified":"2009-01-17T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T23:06:00","slug":"spoiler-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/01\/spoiler-alert.html","title":{"rendered":"Spoiler Alert"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3200\/2821974349_31117bfccd.jpg?v=0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3200\/2821974349_31117bfccd.jpg?v=0\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div>I finally got to watch the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica. Answers and more questions. Despair and freedom. I am sure I\u2019ll have some thoughts, but for now, here are links to all the posts I turned my eyes away from over the course of the day, as I waited for the chance to see it first myself\u2026<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>SF Gospel reflects on the <a href=\"http:\/\/sfgospel.typepad.com\/sf_gospel\/2009\/01\/in-the-open-discusses-sometimes-a-great-notion-the-first-of-the-last-10-episodes-of-battlestar-galactica-the-episode.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">dark night of the fleet\u2019s soul<\/a>. Carmen Andres offers <a href=\"http:\/\/intheopen.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/meandering-thoughts-about-dark-notions.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">meandering thoughts<\/a> on these meandering humans and cylons. Christopher Smith grapples with <a href=\"http:\/\/chriscarrollsmith.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/losing-faith-and-hope-in-earth.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">loss of faith and hope in Earth<\/a>. IO9 <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5133565\/battlestar-galactica-is-back-+-and-were-liveblogging-it\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">live-blogged the episode<\/a> and also has a poll on <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5133779\/the-final-cylon-should-have-been---\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">who the final cylon should have been<\/a>. Galactica: Variants has <a href=\"http:\/\/galacticavariants.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/sometimes-great-notion-review.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a review<\/a>. Barbara Nicolosi is <a href=\"http:\/\/churchofthemasses.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/bsg-sometimes-great-notion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a bit bitter<\/a>. Paul Levinson has some <a href=\"http:\/\/paullevinson.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/battlestar-galactica-final-1-dee-ellen.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interesting thoughts about the final cylon<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5894104414641273227?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got to watch the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica. Answers and more questions. Despair and freedom. 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