Proof 39, part 2: flat earth, bigotry, theft, and amputation
Continuing proof 39, the hosts rebut the claims that Jesus lied about seeing all kingdoms from a mountain (Matthew 4:8 — a supernatural event, and 'all' as figure of speech), that he was a bigot toward the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:22-26 — the author omits the ending where Jesus commends her faith and heals her daughter), that he stole a colt and a herd of pigs (Mark 11; Matthew 8:28 — the pigs destroyed themselves), and that his 'cut off your hand' teaching (Matthew 18) is literal rather than figurative.
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