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What’s the teapot a reference to?

I got that reference! Surprised to see it out in the wild.

Why?

Context is important. Literally the next couple verses in both passages say something along the lines of "The disciples asked, ‘Then who can be saved?’ Jesus said, ‘With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.’ "

According to the Lexham Bible Dictionary, “most scholars reject this interpretation because the meager textual evidence most likely can be attributed to speculations about this verse by some church fathers.”

According to the Lexham Bible Dictionary, this interpretation “dates back to the fifth century and suggests that kamelos, the Greek word for camel, should actually be read as kamilos, which denotes a rope or a ship’s anchor cable. … However, most scholars reject this interpretation because the meager textual evidence most likely can be attributed to speculations about this verse by some church fathers (Origen, Cyril of Alexandria; see Fitzmyer, Luke, 1204; Barclay, Matthew, 239).”

They also disagree with the gate interpretation, saying that “Scholars have found no historical foundation for this view, and no evidence supports the existence of such a small gate in Jerusalem’s walls.”

Just because you shouldn’t trust them doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to interact with them. It just means you need to be careful.

I find that the default Samsung Notes app is actually pretty good.

That’s neat but it also seems a bit bulky.

You would be right for most cases of the word, but in this context it’s in reference to a certain kind of dance, much like a “salsa dance” or a “ballroom dance”, which makes it a noun.

Actually, it isn’t so much a matter of being rich vs being poor as it is the level of inequality that influences generosity. People who have more are about as likely as those who have less to be generous when inequality is low, and according to some studies they are actually even more likely to do so. But when inequality is high then the generosity of the wealthy decreases.

I’m on Jerboa and it was a yes on all of them for me.

What does this have to do with Nascar? Is it just because of all the advertisements on the side?

How does your brain being biggest at 13 prove adulthood? I think it would better prove the opposite: brains are biggest at that age because they need the space to restructure things.