{"id":3977,"date":"2007-12-29T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/12\/quote-of-the-day-robert-m-hazen\/"},"modified":"2007-12-29T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T09:02:00","slug":"quote-of-the-day-robert-m-hazen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/12\/quote-of-the-day-robert-m-hazen.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day (Robert M. 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