{"id":516,"date":"2011-03-27T02:17:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T02:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/?p=516"},"modified":"2011-03-27T02:27:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T02:27:25","slug":"theology-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy\/2011\/03\/27\/theology-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"A beginner&#8217;s guide to theology."},"content":{"rendered":"Well, first off might I start by bidding you a good evening (or good night if you want to be pedantic), or indeed good morning if you've already changed your clocks. It has been far too long since my last update and I do feel slightly guilty, but university work has been a priority recently and has put me off writing to you for a while. Nonetheless, I'm writing now and on a topic which I promised to write about a few months ago, after I'd written my essay on it. 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