{"id":18491,"date":"2025-08-25T06:56:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=18491"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:41:28","slug":"a-profane-history-of-earth-and-humanity","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/a-profane-history-of-earth-and-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"A Profane History of Earth and Humanity (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward&#8221; ls as true today as it was when written in the Book of Job. Throughout human existence, men and women alike have had to struggle with the world around them to establish the conditions needed to live and raise progeny. Our struggles today give our lives meaning, value, and dignity. 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