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Ned Yeung | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 2000 years from now, people will not  understand the difference between "butt dial" and "booty call" and this is exactly why the Bible is hard to understand.

- deadsoulpoetry, 2023

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2e0e2f3b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b541bfe5 it's weird how we Jews, the people that book belongs to, have said for centuries that you shouldn't read it without its commentaries in the Talmud. But why listen to us, right?
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8e02cd7b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b541bfe5 This is why I like pointing out the idiomatic biblical meaning of "feet" on Maundy Thursday.