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it really warms my heart. In fact, few things entertain me more than watching scholars heap scorn on perhaps the stupidest idea in all of biblical studies -- the Chirst-myth. They don't have to spend any time on such tomfoolery, but they do. I appreciate that. But what makes this medium of entertainment all the better is when the experts attack mythicists for the same reasons I do.

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Ah, bacon... a delicious food. Goes great on sandwiches, Liver, beside eggs, wrapped around another meat, or even on it's own. About a couple weeks ago, my brother showed me a recipe for homemade bacon that he found in a magazine, so I copied it down and decided to try it at home.

Here's the basic ingredients:
-Pork Loin or Pork Butt (No, your mother wasn't kidding when she said Bacon is made from the part of the pig where the poop comes out). Go for Loin if you want a leaner ...

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So I made Beef Jerky again the other day... and boy did it turn out good! This time around, I used about eight pounds of roast and sliced it much thicker. I also cooked it longer at a lower temperature than before.


Here's the Beef!



Here's the Marinade!



Here's the Beef IN the Marinade


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According to Baylor University's newspaper, Phillip Jenkins, historian and serial destroyer of stupid arguments, has some constructive criticism for Christians when it comes to addressing difficult biblical passages, OT atrocities specifically:

Jenkins...said these passages should be read as a warning for the Jewish people to remain faithful to God, rather than a license to commit aggression.
“Where people are reading the Bible wrongly, in my view, is they are reading the Bible

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Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew, Part III
The Temptation of Christ and the Inauguration of His Ministry

Matthew 4

1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered. 3 And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

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Updated May 7th 2013 at 04:50 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: anthropology, bible, christianity, context, gospel of matthew, honor, shame, sociology

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