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dimbear

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8. Excuse me for saying something serious, but one of the key points of the gospels is that

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 08:43 PM

Dec 2013

whatever is reported as being something Jesus said was carefully, carefully put together. In a sense He was walking on eggshells in the stories, trying hard not to get killed right away. He didn't barge in like some troglodyte.

That's the point of a lot of it. A little finesse.

I don't suppose Franklin is much familiar with the actual Bible.

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