{"id":10364,"date":"2007-02-05T09:46:36","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/02\/05\/because-the-bible-tells-me-so.html"},"modified":"2007-02-05T09:46:36","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T16:46:36","slug":"because_the_bible_tells_m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/05\/because_the_bible_tells_m.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;&#8230; Because the Bible tells me so&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yikes. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 6px; BORDER-TOP: gray 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 6px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; FONT: 12px arial, verdana, sans-serif; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1px solid; WIDTH: 320px; COLOR: black; PADDING-TOP: 6px; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white\"><b style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 8px; FONT: bold 20px 'Times New Roman', serif; COLOR: black\">You know the Bible 100%!<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 200px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left\">\n<div style=\"FONT-SIZE: 8px; BACKGROUND: red; WIDTH: 100%; LINE-HEIGHT: 8px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; COLOR: black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none\">Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses &#8211; you know it all! You are fantastic!<\/p>\n<p><b><a style=\"COLOR: blue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gotoquiz.com\/ultimate_bible_quiz\">Ultimate Bible Quiz<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a style=\"COLOR: blue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gotoquiz.com\/\">Create MySpace Quizzes<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Okay, don&#8217;t give this any more weight than it needs. Obviously I&#8217;ve got some modicum of religious knowledge, but a good chunk of the questions would be answerable by someone with a strong literary background, and many of the others aren&#8217;t exactly rocket science. <\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.decrepitoldfool.com\/index.php\/weblog\/biblequiz04feb07\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOF<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yikes. &nbsp; You know the Bible 100%! Wow! You are awesome! 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