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$\"\"$ Joke-teller: So Ken Ham, Al Mohler, and Pat Robertson walk into a bar\u2026<\/p>\n

Literalist:\u00a0Really?!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

And for those who don\u2019t face the challenges that literalists do (or should) with humor, there\u2019s this:<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"