{"id":170,"date":"2009-09-17T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/speechless.html"},"modified":"2009-09-17T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T20:47:00","slug":"speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/speechless.html","title":{"rendered":"Speechless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s what this fellow says we are, and he makes a very good, and very funny, point.  Click and enjoy.  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