{"id":25539,"date":"2010-11-15T22:45:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=25539"},"modified":"2010-11-15T22:45:08","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T06:45:08","slug":"the-shadow-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=25539","title":{"rendered":"The Shadow Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/article-content\/125329\/\">This is the funniest article I&#8217;ve read in weeks<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>I do a lot of work for seminary students. I like seminary students. They seem so blissfully unaware of the inherent contradiction in paying somebody to help them cheat in courses that are largely about walking in the light of God and providing an ethical model for others to follow. I have been commissioned to write many a passionate condemnation of America&#8217;s moral decay as exemplified by abortion, gay marriage, or the teaching of evolution. 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