{"id":4647,"date":"2017-08-30T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2017-08-30T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:13:09","slug":"pigeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/08\/30\/pigeons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigeons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-pigeons-Nyabi-6-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4657\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-pigeons-Nyabi-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-pigeons-Nyabi-6-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-pigeons-Nyabi-6-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a society where all livestock; 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