{"id":187,"date":"2009-10-12T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2009\/10\/quick-thought-for-the-day.html"},"modified":"2009-10-12T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T14:38:00","slug":"quick-thought-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2009\/10\/quick-thought-for-the-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Quick Thought for the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For in paradise, before his sin, man could not, it is true, do everything; but he could do whatever he wished, just because he did not want to do whatever he could not do&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>St. Augustine, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">City of God<\/span>, Book XIV, Chapter 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For in paradise, before his sin, man could not, it is true, do everything; but he could do whatever he wished, just because he did not want to do whatever he could not do&#8230;&#8221; 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