{"id":896,"date":"2006-03-30T19:41:53","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T00:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-power-of-prayer\/"},"modified":"2006-03-30T19:41:53","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T00:41:53","slug":"the-power-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-power-of-prayer","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find it hard to believe that this article<\/a> isn’t<\/em> from The Onion<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find it hard to believe that this article isn’t from The Onion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-es","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":862,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/breathe-with-me","url_meta":{"origin":896,"position":0},"title":"Breathe with me","author":"Gil","date":"March 4, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I've long contended that conspiracy theories are a substitute-religion for the disillusioned; it gives them the opportunity to believe in a Greater Power, even if it's just a power for evil. 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