{"id":143,"date":"2008-03-18T16:03:24","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T21:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielgoepfrich.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/18\/easter-is-this-sunday\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T21:22:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T01:22:03","slug":"easter-is-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/easter-is-this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter is this Sunday!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who knows me knows that I&#8217;m a statistics guy. I love stats! They fall under my now-famous &#8220;fun-facts-to-know-and-tell&#8221; category. <a href='https:\/\/mbshop.be\/9xij9lgmq3\/'>casino888<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The down side of stats is that, as we all know, you can make them say anything you want. 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