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The Salon piece\u00a0is a prime example of the fine art of doing zero research. To craft this kind of essay, you\u00a0start out knowing nothing about something, and assume that the only explanation is that either (a) there is nothing to know, because religious people are stoopid or (b) there is plenty to know, and it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1533,"featured_media":16060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1074,1075,1073],"class_list":["post-16059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-creed","tag-holy-saturday","tag-national-catholic-register-salon"],"yoast_head":"\n
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