{"id":713,"date":"2007-08-27T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/i_can_so_relate.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:32","slug":"i_can_so_relate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/i_can_so_relate.shtml","title":{"rendered":"I Can So Relate &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmead.net\/?p=174\">Patrick Mead writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It would be SO much easier being a Christian if you would just let me control every aspect of my day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Mead writes: It would be SO much easier being a Christian if you would just let me control every aspect of my day. 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