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Religion has been in the news a fair bit this past week-usual uproar over this or that. It really seems to echo the same theme over and over again, that religious leaders are out of touch and too quick to uphold the institution at the expense of humanity. So we have a moan about that, but we also talk about 16th century clockwork automaton monks that can kiss their rosaries and self-flagellate because we're committed to bringing the most important religious news to you from the past as well as the present.
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