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wryter2000

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5. Even Jesus is quoted as calling bible thumpers "hypocrites."

Reply to JanMichael (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 21, 2021, 06:13 PM

Aug 2021

We have no idea that anyone named Jesus of Nazareth said anything like that. And the passage has been translated and rewritten many times by regular people. But I can tell you most Episcopalians agree.

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