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Married to a Religious A*hole: In another incidence of patriarchy at the cost of the physical safety of women, we read about a man whose cakes are so precious he sacrificed his wife to keep them safe.

Many proud atheists reject the Gospel of Jesus but embrace the writings of people like Tolkien even though it’s full of Biblical allusions; in this chapter Jesus helps different people seeking relief and in one instance counters words that would act against faith.

Thou shall not cover, steal, or kill are repeatedly ignored yet considered righteous.

Although the congregation was instructed not to set up idols or make trophies to worship, in this chapter a whole shrine is set up as a place of worship and draws a Levite to it as priest.

Samson’s tragic end after being repeatedly betrayed by yet another lover.

When Samson gets mad he rages with supernatural strength and massacres his enemies, then all but demands the Lord who gave him victory also give him a drink; and gets it!

Samson, strong in spirit and in strength but apparently not in matters of the heart, marries a foreign woman (as did many of the forefathers), and it goes bad FAST!

Throughout the Gospels, Jesus uses parables to help us understand what the kingdom of God is like. In this chapter, Jesus uses agricultural parables to explain the one thing God doesn’t know and how God finds it out.

Super strong Samson and his family are introduced in this chapter. His birth announced by an angel with special instructions for his diet and lifestyle before he’s even born. Her husband seems to reflect on when Moses has a divine encounter in Exodus 33: 20 about seeing the face of the Lord carrying a death sentence with it.

In one of the most outlandish displays of patriarchy, a virgin female is used as a bargaining chip by her father with God in exchange for victory in battle & then offered as a human sacrifice!

This is a short chapter reviewing others who rose to power and died after the era of Moses & Joshua.

The various leaders of the congregation rise & fall, and the people revert to idolatry and worshipping other deities, repeatedly.

Could this be the “spell” to make God appear??

Patriarchy and insurrectionists are covered in this chapter when the people treacherously rejected their government in favor of a new leader who rather die than go down in history being known as a man defeated by a woman.

Just as in modern times Ukraine once proudly declared itself unaligned with any of its European neighbors and then quickly changed its tune when it was attacked; we see a similar narrative play out when people refuse to help those seeking military aid from them.

Jesus again affirms the validity of chosen families in contrast to blood relatives and emphasizes what includes us in the Christian family is doing the will of God.

Gideon leads an army into battle but first the Lord narrows down the soldiers to just 300 to avoid pride getting the beat of them.

If Throughput the Bible when a sign from God is requested it’s generally condemned as showing a lack of faith, but not in this chapter. Gideon, a new leader in Israel repeatedly requests signs to affirm his faith even after a supernatural visitation yet isn’t rebuked or condemned at all.

According to Leviticus being gay is an abomination, but so is lobster, crab, shrimp, and pork so where are the protests against seafood suppliers and bbq restaurants?? Could it be that people focus on LGBT condemnation most because they wrestle with their own desires and tendencies toward interest in the LGB and ESPECIALLY T community and the sex practices thereof?

Deborah gives praise for the victory achieved I. Judges ch 4.

A female prophetess, Deborah, instructs the soldiers into the battle and accurately foretells of another woman, Jael an in-law descendant of Cain, being the ultimate warrior & victor in the battle.

The 1/10 portion of the Bible that is true Christianity shouldn’t be forced into conforming to the other religions represented in the other books that make up the majority of the Bible.

Unfaithfulness to their religion is blamed for the congregation entering into a period of wars with the nations that went undefeated during the Moses and Joshua eras of leadership.

The narrator of the Book of Judges attributes the tribulations and defeats the congregation encounters to religious unfaithfulness, idolatry.

The congregation encounters people who occupied the areas of what we now call “the Holy Land” and although we’ve read that they were promised sweeping victories over the inhabitants, with the “Lord” clearing the way before them, we see that was NOT the case.