AP-NORC poll: On game day, some see prayer as a Hail Mary

AP-NORC poll: On game day, some see invocation while a Hail Mary

Dolores Mejia idea the Chicago Bears could use a Hail Mary.

In fact, she said the invocation some times while she watched the 1986 Super Bowl, pairing the intercession to the Holy Mother accompanied by set of two other rosary staples — the Our Father with every one other accompanied by the Glory Be — earlier to her team defeated the New England Patriots 46-10 with every one other accompanied by took place of residence their earliest with every one other accompanied by only Vince Lombardi Trophy.

"I was ecstatic, nevertheless I couldn't exist convinced by it," she said.

While appeals to the divine are not a fundamental small portion of most sports fans' playbooks, Mejia with every one other accompanied by others exist fond of her exist convinced by invocation has the ability to effect who goes place of residence the victor. About 3 inside 10 U.S. adults speak they exist convinced by it tin amuse oneself a part inside determining who wins a sporting event, with every one other accompanied by a similar percentage speak God plays a role, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Among fans of professional sports, 23% speak they have prayed concerning the consequence of a contest, according to the poll. Religious background is a factor: 35% of evangelical fans speak they have done so, compared accompanied by 21% of fans of other devout faiths. But professional sports fans don't have to exist convinced by to pray. The poll shows that 15% of nonreligious fans speak they excessively have prayed for the consequence of a game.

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Mejia, a 73-year-old Catholic with every one other accompanied by Chicago native now living inside Peoria, Arizona, said invocation has been following the natural world since childhood, with every one other accompanied by when a game or existence gets tense, it tin assist serene her nerves.

But she has been saddened often. Today Mejia, who is not a uniform at Mass, has stopped praying for the Bears altogether, focusing her appeals to God while an alternative on friends accompanied by solemn health problems. "The Bears have been doing so terribly. ... I fair believe we're not meant to win," she said.

Still, she believes that on that January day inside 1986, her Super Bowl prayers were answered.

Does that signify God is a Bears fan? Or favors some other team?

"I really don't believe God cares who wins," said the Rev. Burke Masters, a Catholic priest who celebrates Mass for players with every one other accompanied by staff while chaplain for the Chicago Cubs.

During the team's famous 2016 championship run, he was place on the spot to provide a blessing on exist TV, prompting him to pray for God to retain the players safe. The Cubs would go on to extremity a 108-year championship drought — with every one other accompanied by eventually broke what some believed was a curse brought on by a Chicago tavern owner's favourite billy goat.

"Do people pray? Absolutely. I believe a a large amount of people pray. But I believe some of it is superstition while well," said Masters, who used to amuse oneself the game inside college with every one other accompanied by the slight leagues. "Baseball players mainly are superstitious. ... I've been to people's homes where they say, 'Things are going well. Don't move.'"

From fortunate socks to playoff beards, ritualistic acts are entrenched inside sports culture. And some believe they are effective. About a quarter of U.S. adults speak superstitions or rituals tin amuse oneself a part inside who wins a sporting event, according to the AP-NORC poll.

The frequency of invocation is similar for games beneath the ranks of pro sports: 23% of fans of high educational organization or college sports speak they pray concerning the consequence of those games. Prayer is somewhat additional ordinary among parents accompanied by school-age children, however, accompanied by a third praying concerning their kids' sporting events.

One who does pray concerning high educational organization football is Daina Patton, a passionate air cooler of the Odessa High Bronchos. She's inside good firm inside Odessa, Texas, a city so enthusiastic for the (competitive) game(s) that it was made famous by the book "Friday Night Lights" with every one other accompanied by a film with every one other accompanied by TV series by the same name.

Patton, a 32-year-old subscriber of a Baptist house of God who does not attend services regularly, prays accompanied by her children every one darkness with every one other accompanied by believes invocation tin effect the consequence of a contest. But that's not her only motive.

"It's additional than fair winning the game, since of way we don't want to exist greedy," Patton said. She prays the players don't obtain exist sore with every one other accompanied by that they obtain into and not here of high school, build good grades with every one other accompanied by remain good kids.

"That's what our invocation is — it's hope for us," she said.

Rashed Fakhruddin prays religiously for his Nashville sports teams: the Tennessee Titans, Nashville SC with every one other accompanied by Vanderbilt's baseball team.

As a time ticket holder with every one other accompanied by a Muslim, it's inevitable that he needs to do one of his five done every one day prayers while at a stadium. Fakhruddin, a longtime leader at the Islamic Center of Nashville, pops into designated meditation rooms with every one other accompanied by moves into and not here of the ritual: "The prayers will vary. I'll say, 'Oh God, permit Vanderbilt win.' Sometimes I'll fair skip ahead with every one other accompanied by say, 'Oh God, permit Vanderbilt come first in the College World Series.'"

Not all of his requests are for wins. "There's the invocation that on one occasion your team doesn't build it or the Titans blow it opposed to the Bengals accompanied by trio interceptions ... at that hour dated you start thinking, 'Oh God, obtain me into and not here of this hardship since I'm a suffering while a fan,'" he said.

Sportsmanship is important from a trust perspective since it teaches values exist fond of discipline, said the Rev. David Boettner, rector of the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus inside Knoxville, Tennessee. He pointed to Saint Paul using the likeness of an sportswoman "to encourage people to sprint the good race, to fight the good fight."

But Boettner, who is a Tennessee Volunteers air cooler with every one other accompanied by the priest of the head bus with every one other accompanied by muscular director, does not exist convinced by God wants to effect the consequence of a game. That includes the Vols' victory over Florida last Saturday on their place of residence turf at Neyland Stadium, a 38-33 nail-biter that snapped a six-game losing streak to their rivals with every one other accompanied by ended, fittingly enough, on a failed Hail Mary by the Gators.

"I believe God values our freedom excessively a a large amount of to intervene inside a way exist fond of that. But is God going to like a good football game? I'd exist fond of to believe so," Boettner said. Jesus, he noted, liked actuality social.

"I could extremely a a large amount of see Jesus sitting inside Neyland Stadium watching a great game with every one other accompanied by cheering, nevertheless not manipulating the outcome."

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The poll of 1,054 adults was conducted Sep. 9-12 using a specimen drawn from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to exist representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling mistake for all respondents is and or minus 3.9 percentage points.

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I'm extremely fortunate for Adam Gase to present with me an chance to obtain inside there with every one other accompanied by I worked accompanied by some great coaches."\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Ward aspires to exist a head bus inside the NFL. Despite his restricted experience, he got an meeting accompanied by the Houston Texans earlier to they hired Lovie Smith earlier this year.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Helping young men attain their goals, that's why I like coaching," he said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Ward too wants to assist men mislay weight. He's serving while an ambassador for the NFL Alumni Association's Huddle Up: Let's Talk Obesity campaign. His personal battle accompanied by heaviness gain inspired him to fasten the cause. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"I've place on some heaviness with every one other accompanied by sufficient is enough, man," he said. 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(AP) — Two go to and fro climbers, including a former NFL player, were found deceased near a Southern California summit following rescue crews responded to reports of injuries, authorities said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The climbers were identified Thursday while Chelsea Walsh, 33, with every one other accompanied by Gavin Escobar, 31. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Rescuers were called around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild following a distress call, the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department said on Twitter.\u003c/p>\u003cp>A team managed to climb into the steep, faraway area with every one other accompanied by found both climbers deceased at the scene, the dividing said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>A small amount of rainfall fell inside the area earlier inside the day, nevertheless officials didn't straight away speak if weather was a element inside the deaths. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Escobar had been a firm extremity for NFL teams, including the Dallas Cowboy inside a backup part from 2013 to 2016. 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He was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center nevertheless was released with every one other accompanied by expected to return to Miami accompanied by the team. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"It was a scary moment. He was evaluated for a concussion with every one other accompanied by he's inside the concussion protocol," Dolphins bus \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tua-tagovailoa-hurt-head-dolphins-70b420a7e5fd6126703141afd6a19bf2\">Mike McDaniel said\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Some who watched the scary wound want to know why Tagovailoa was playing fair quartet days following his fast return Sunday prompted \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/50a631c00a1dd08839afe73850ee30a2\">a join review\u003c/a> by the NFL with every one other accompanied by NFL Players Association.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Many former players were critical of the decision to permit Tagovailoa to return opposed to Buffalo with every one other accompanied by start opposed to Cincinnati.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"Player health with every one other accompanied by safety is at the centre of the union's mission," the NFLPA wrote on Twitter. "Our be about tonight is for Tua with every one other accompanied by we hope for a filled with every one other accompanied by speedy recovery. Our investigation into the potential protocol contravention is ongoing." \u003c/p>\u003cp>NFL administrative vice president Jeff Miller said the analysis normally takes a week or two.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:150694576593' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='de6a1e5d95a5ab869e043369cb6546c3'>Hub peek embed (NFL) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>"Every sign from our perspective is that it was," Miller said concerning the team with every one other accompanied by its doctors following concussion protocol on Sunday. "I know the player, the bus with every one other accompanied by others have spoken to this. And we are engaged inside that analysis now. So we'll go nearer spine accompanied by a ceremonial answer to that question, something that we want to capture in."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Before the game, Chris Nowinski, a originator of the Concussion Legacy Foundation who played football at Harvard, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChrisNowinski1/status/1575578179581771776\">wrote on Twitter\u003c/a>: "If Tua takes the meadow tonight, it's a massive step spine for concussion protected from danger keeping inside the NFL. If he has a 2nd concussion that destroys his time or career, everyone associated accompanied by will exist sued with every one other accompanied by should mislay their jobs, coaches included. We all saw it, flat they must know this isn't right."\u003c/p>\u003cp>HOW WAS TAGOVAILOA CLEARED TO RETURN SUNDAY?\u003c/p>\u003cp>Tagovailoa appeared to exist disoriented by what the team originally said was a head wound following taking a firm hit from Bills linebacker Matt Milano late inside the earliest half. He missed fair trio snaps with every one other accompanied by returned following halftime. Tagovailoa with every one other accompanied by the team said a spine wound was the source for his instability following the hit with every one other accompanied by he wasn't inside concussion protocol. He was questionable to amuse oneself on Thursday nevertheless started the game. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>WHAT IS THE NFL'S CONCUSSION PROTOCOL? \u003c/p>\u003cp>A player who exhibits or reports symptoms or signs suggestive of a concussion or stinger enters protocol. \u003c/p>\u003cp>During every one game, self-governing certified muscular trainers (ATC spotters) detector the players on the field. If they see an impact to the head, they call a timeout with every one other accompanied by the player must exist removed from the game, examined with every one other accompanied by evaluated. Team trainers, coaches or physicians, teammates, NFL game officials, sideline unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants (UNC) or booth ATCs too tin initiate the protocol.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Any player inside concussion protocol undergoes a six-step evaluation by a team physician with every one other accompanied by UNC to determine the severity of the wound with every one other accompanied by whether or not they're suitable to return to the field. The final step is a neurological evaluation featuring a cervical spine exam, including range of motion/pain, evaluation of speech, watching of gait, eye movements with every one other accompanied by pupillary exam.\u003c/p>\u003cp>If some elements are positive, inconclusive or doubtful of concussion, the player is escorted to locker room.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In the locker room, a team physician with every one other accompanied by UNC conducts a filled neurological exam with every one other accompanied by complete NFL Standardized Concussion Assessment Tool.\u003c/p>\u003cp>If abnormal, the player doesn't return to play, undergoes periodic evaluation by a medical team with every one other accompanied by has a follow-up neurological exam.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The alliance instituted the system inside 2011 following Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy took a helmet-to-helmet hit inside a game with every one other accompanied by returned lacking actuality tested for a concussion. The Browns said that the team's trainers didn't see the hit since they were tending to other players with every one other accompanied by that no indeed one told them concerning it. After the game, McCoy was diagnosed accompanied by a concussion.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>WHAT IS FENCING RESPONSE?\u003c/p>\u003cp>According to healthline.com, "when a human being experiences an impact that's strong sufficient to source traumatic cerebrum injury, such while a concussion, their arms regularly go into an unnatural position.\"\u003c/p>\u003cp>Tagovailoa appeared to lay clasp of that position, his fingers flexed awkwardly inside front of his facemask for some seconds while he laid on the turf.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"The fencing response is regularly seen when a player is knocked down or knocked not here throughout full-contact muscular competitions such while football, martial arts, boxing, rugby, with every one other accompanied by hockey," per healthline.com.\u003c/p>\u003cp>It happened to Los Angeles Chargers firm extremity Donald Parham throughout a Thursday darkness game opposed to Kansas City last Dec. 17. Parham was removed on a stretcher with every one other accompanied by stayed overnight at a medical organization for watching following actuality diagnosed accompanied by a concussion. \u003c/p>\u003cp>WHAT'S NEXT FOR TAGOVAILOA?\u003c/p>\u003cp>The severity of Tagovailoa's concussion is not known, nevertheless it's seemingly encouraging he was allowed to travel through the air accompanied by the team. He must undergo a five-step procedure earlier to actuality allowed to lay clasp of the meadow again. The fifth phase is a filled practice followed by clearance from the team physician. 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In fact, she said the invocation some times while she watched the 1986 Super Bowl, pairing the intercession to the Holy Mother accompanied by set of two ot...","isTpContent":false,"socialEmbeds":[{"id":"se0:1f1f8aa0-2a00-11ed-be09-a13e26edf1fe","html":"\u003ciframe title=\"About 1 inside 4 fans have prayed concerning pro sports\" aria-label=\"Grouped Bars\" id=\"ap-chart-x2qKo\" src=\"https://interactives.ap.org/embeds/x2qKo/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border:none\" height=\"569\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a inside e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ct.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\u003c/script>","caption":" ","display":"se0","maxWidth":"","alignment":"middle","isHeroImage":false}],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>Dolores Mejia idea the Chicago Bears could use a Hail Mary. \u003c/p>\u003cp>In fact, she said the invocation some times while she watched the 1986 Super Bowl, pairing the intercession to the Holy Mother accompanied by set of two other rosary staples — the Our Father with every one other accompanied by the Glory Be — earlier to her team defeated the New England Patriots 46-10 with every one other accompanied by took place of residence their earliest with every one other accompanied by only Vince Lombardi Trophy.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I was ecstatic, nevertheless I couldn't exist convinced by it," she said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>While appeals to the divine are not a fundamental small portion of most sports fans' playbooks, Mejia with every one other accompanied by others exist fond of her exist convinced by invocation has the ability to effect who goes place of residence the victor. About 3 inside 10 U.S. adults speak they exist convinced by it tin amuse oneself a part inside determining who wins a sporting event, with every one other accompanied by a similar percentage speak God plays a role, according to a new poll from \u003ca href=\"https://apnorc.org/projects/the-publics-opinion-on-religion-in-sports/\">The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Among fans of professional sports, 23% speak they have prayed concerning the consequence of a contest, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-sports-football-religion-5aabe9034cc4d98f85c6fddf9fb205c7\">according to the poll\u003c/a>. Religious background is a factor: 35% of evangelical fans speak they have done so, compared accompanied by 21% of fans of other devout faiths. But professional sports fans don't have to exist convinced by to pray. The poll shows that 15% of nonreligious fans speak they excessively have prayed for the consequence of a game.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id=\"afs:Card:150694576593\" content-id=\"d9c90c6a8e1741f219ef4c9e096070cb\" class=\"hub-peek-embed\">Hub peek embed (NFL) - Compressed layout (automatic embed)\u003c/div>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>Mejia, a 73-year-old Catholic with every one other accompanied by Chicago native now living inside Peoria, Arizona, said invocation has been following the natural world since childhood, with every one other accompanied by when a game or existence gets tense, it tin assist serene her nerves. \u003c/p>\u003cp>But she has been saddened often. Today Mejia, who is not a uniform at Mass, has stopped praying for the Bears altogether, focusing her appeals to God while an alternative on friends accompanied by solemn health problems. "The Bears have been doing so terribly. ... I fair believe we're not meant to win," she said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Still, she believes that on that January day inside 1986, her Super Bowl prayers were answered.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Does that signify God is a Bears fan? Or favors some other team?\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I really don't believe God cares who wins," said the Rev. Burke Masters, a Catholic priest who celebrates Mass for players with every one other accompanied by staff while chaplain for the Chicago Cubs.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"social-embed\" id=\"se0:1f1f8aa0-2a00-11ed-be09-a13e26edf1fe\">\u003ciframe title=\"About 1 inside 4 fans have prayed concerning pro sports\" aria-label=\"Grouped Bars\" id=\"ap-chart-x2qKo\" src=\"https://interactives.ap.org/embeds/x2qKo/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border:none\" height=\"569\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a inside e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ct.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003cp class=\"social-caption\"> \u003c/p>\u003c/div>\u003cp>During the team's famous 2016 championship run, he was place on the spot to provide a blessing on exist TV, prompting him to pray for God to retain the players safe. The Cubs would go on to extremity a 108-year championship drought — with every one other accompanied by eventually broke what some believed was a curse brought on by a Chicago tavern owner's favourite billy goat.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>"Do people pray? Absolutely. I believe a a large amount of people pray. But I believe some of it is superstition while well," said Masters, who used to amuse oneself the game inside college with every one other accompanied by the slight leagues. "Baseball players mainly are superstitious. ... I've been to people's homes where they say, 'Things are going well. Don't move.'"\u003c/p>\u003cp>From fortunate socks to playoff beards, ritualistic acts are entrenched inside sports culture. And some believe they are effective. About a quarter of U.S. adults speak superstitions or rituals tin amuse oneself a part inside who wins a sporting event, according to the AP-NORC poll. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The frequency of invocation is similar for games beneath the ranks of pro sports: 23% of fans of high educational organization or college sports speak they pray concerning the consequence of those games. Prayer is somewhat additional ordinary among parents accompanied by school-age children, however, accompanied by a third praying concerning their kids' sporting events. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>One who does pray concerning high educational organization football is Daina Patton, a passionate air cooler of the Odessa High Bronchos. She's inside good firm inside Odessa, Texas, a city so enthusiastic for the (competitive) game(s) that it was made famous by the book "Friday Night Lights" with every one other accompanied by a film with every one other accompanied by TV series by the same name. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Patton, a 32-year-old subscriber of a Baptist house of God who does not attend services regularly, prays accompanied by her children every one darkness with every one other accompanied by believes invocation tin effect the consequence of a contest. But that's not her only motive.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"It's additional than fair winning the game, since of way we don't want to exist greedy," Patton said. She prays the players don't obtain exist sore with every one other accompanied by that they obtain into and not here of high school, build good grades with every one other accompanied by remain good kids. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"That's what our invocation is — it's hope for us," she said. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>Rashed Fakhruddin prays religiously for his Nashville sports teams: the Tennessee Titans, Nashville SC with every one other accompanied by Vanderbilt's baseball team.\u003c/p>\u003cp>As a time ticket holder with every one other accompanied by a Muslim, it's inevitable that he needs to do one of his five done every one day prayers while at a stadium. Fakhruddin, a longtime leader at the Islamic Center of Nashville, pops into designated meditation rooms with every one other accompanied by moves into and not here of the ritual: "The prayers will vary. I'll say, 'Oh God, permit Vanderbilt win.' Sometimes I'll fair skip ahead with every one other accompanied by say, 'Oh God, permit Vanderbilt come first in the College World Series.'\"\u003c/p>\u003cp>Not all of his requests are for wins. \"There's the invocation that on one occasion your team doesn't build it or the Titans blow it opposed to the Bengals accompanied by trio interceptions ... at that hour dated you start thinking, 'Oh God, obtain me into and not here of this hardship since I'm a suffering while a fan,'" he said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Sportsmanship is important from a trust perspective since it teaches values exist fond of discipline, said the Rev. David Boettner, rector of the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus inside Knoxville, Tennessee. He pointed to Saint Paul using the likeness of an sportswoman "to encourage people to sprint the good race, to fight the good fight." \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>But Boettner, who is a Tennessee Volunteers air cooler with every one other accompanied by the priest of the head bus with every one other accompanied by muscular director, does not exist convinced by God wants to effect the consequence of a game. That includes the Vols' victory over Florida last Saturday on their place of residence turf at Neyland Stadium, a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-tennessee-florida-gators-anthony-richardson-5ea5c2a5fc003a39a700541130188502\">38-33 nail-biter that snapped a six-game losing streak to their rivals\u003c/a> with every one other accompanied by ended, fittingly enough, on a failed Hail Mary by the Gators. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"I believe God values our freedom excessively a a large amount of to intervene inside a way exist fond of that. But is God going to like a good football game? I'd exist fond of to believe so," Boettner said. 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