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Jefferson Bethke, Jesus > Religion: Why He Is So Much Better Than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough Quotes: The more I read, the more I felt the Bible looked a lot more like the movie 300 than the movie Pleasantville.
         

The more I read, the more I felt the Bible looked a lot more like the movie 300 than the movie Pleasantville.


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