{"id":64,"date":"2006-02-04T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-04T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/02\/instrument-of-torture.html"},"modified":"2006-02-04T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-04T21:24:00","slug":"instrument-of-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/02\/instrument-of-torture.html","title":{"rendered":"Instrument of Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/736\/2127\/1600\/0203061607.0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/736\/2127\/200\/0203061607.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is the typical chair at Westminster; notice the <em>hard,<\/em> shiny yellow seat. I took this picture with my cell phone.  My back was killing me by the middle of my Doctrine of Salvation II class. 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