{"id":518,"date":"2005-09-19T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-19T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=518"},"modified":"2005-09-19T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-19T13:57:00","slug":"518","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=518","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Katrina is God\/dess’s punishment for _________<\/strong><\/p>\n

Religion blogger Richard Bartholemew rounds up varying opinions<\/a> over just which deity wanted to punish the Gulf Coast (principally New Orleans) and why.<\/p>\n

Tags Hurricane Katrina<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Katrina is God\/dess’s punishment for _________ Religion blogger Richard Bartholemew rounds up varying opinions over just which deity wanted to punish the Gulf Coast (principally New Orleans) and why. 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