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MEMBER BLOG TAG: pharisee

Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:36PM
 
The Sex Life of the Pharisee
Tags: Pharisee, Samaritan, Jerusalem, lust
 
The Pharisee Slomo O’Neill was a Pharisee of the Pharisees. He not only kept the Sabbath, he kept three Sabbaths, one before and one after to be certain he rested as much as God did. Not only did he avoid mixing meat and milk dishes, he did not eat milk products and meat products the same day. He retched when he passed Roman soldiers gnawing cheeseburgers and avoided publicans selling pig knuckles and beer. To avoid being tempted by a woman, he walked the streets of Jerusalem with his head down in a prayerful pose, seeing only the cobbled streets and an occasional crusty foot, stubbed toe, infected toe nail. One day he grazed a shoulder against the stone wall as he turned...
 
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