{"id":3638,"date":"2008-06-26T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/can-you-digg-it\/"},"modified":"2008-06-26T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T09:41:00","slug":"can-you-digg-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/06\/can-you-digg-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Can You Digg It?"},"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:\/\/targuman.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/thirdtestament.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/targuman.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/thirdtestament.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div>I\u2019ve received a few visitors <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/comedy\/Obama_Confesses_to_Being_Hindu_Muslim_Antichrist\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Digg to my spoof post about Barack Obama<\/a>. I wonder how many regular readers use Digg. Do <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/comedy\/Obama_Confesses_to_Being_Hindu_Muslim_Antichrist\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">click on the link<\/a> and \u201cDigg\u201d the post in question, if it isn\u2019t too much trouble \u2013 I\u2019m curious what effect it will have, if any!\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for still more humor, then <a href=\"http:\/\/targuman.org\/blog\/?p=1633\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris Brady<\/a> shares an interesting news item about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/columnists\/asmussen\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the maker of the first two testaments planning to make another sequel<\/a>. You can also get <a href=\"http:\/\/unreasonablefaith.com\/2008\/06\/26\/the-bible-says-everything-you-need-to-know-about-finances\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biblical help balancing your checkbook<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/what-is-kara-thrace.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biology in Science Fiction<\/a> has pointed me to a blog I hadn\u2019t encountered before, that addresses the question pressing on all our minds: <a href=\"http:\/\/galacticavariants.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/analyzing-bsg-season-4-part-ii-teaser.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What is Kara Thrace?<\/a> And Debunking Christianity has <a href=\"http:\/\/debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/john-beversluis-responds-to-richard.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a former colleague of mine\u2019s perspective on whether C. S. Lewis lost his faith<\/a>. And Mystical Seeker discusses what to do <a href=\"http:\/\/mysticalseeker.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/when-biblical-scholarship-clashes-with.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">when history and theology clash<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5044291078106180895?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve received a few visitors via Digg to my spoof post about Barack Obama. I wonder how many regular readers use Digg. Do click on the link and \u201cDigg\u201d the post in question, if it isn\u2019t too much trouble \u2013 I\u2019m curious what effect it will have, if any! 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