{"id":5428,"date":"2011-12-29T14:12:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2011-12-29T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T19:12:13","slug":"pat-robertson-vs-doctor-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/pat-robertson-vs-doctor-who.html","title":{"rendered":"Pat Robertson vs. Doctor Who"},"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>The key difference is that what the Doctor says is <em>supposed<\/em> to be funny.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yjTcFz5BPuM\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yjTcFz5BPuM<\/a>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2011\/12\/27\/theres-a-fine-line-between-being-a-time-lord-and-being-senile\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HT PZ Myers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key difference is that what the Doctor says is supposed to be funny. 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