{"id":4449,"date":"2010-05-28T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/05\/dear-reader.html"},"modified":"2010-05-28T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T14:31:33","slug":"dear-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/05\/dear-reader.html","title":{"rendered":"Dear Reader&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/05\/lets-talk-comments-return.html\">These are the general guidelines for comments at <em>The Deacon&#8217;s Bench<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Violators will be deleted.<\/p>\n<p>I regret that I can&#8217;t monitor comments 24\/7, and my work frequently calls me away from my computer during the day.   For the most part, you are on the honor system, until you get caught.  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