Bible Reading Genesis 23-24.

On this Episode we do a live Bible Reading of Genises 23-24. The Death of Sarah and more.

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Welcome to Fake Fiction and Folklore or the Try F podcast where we try not to F podcast folk. And we're gonna start out by F up because Gary's uh I'm back now.

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Is it working? I hate OBS. I hate OBS so much.

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I hate it as soon as he's tried to the intro.

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Oh my gosh. It's just crazy. Like it does this every time. It just shuts off my mic. It doesn't shut anything else off, just my mic. CIA. We blame the CIA. Anyway.

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Yeah, I can hear you now.

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Alright, great. How is everybody?

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Um well, like very well. Like a hole in the ground.

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Like a hole in the ground. Hole in the ground. Okay. Well that I'll take that as a good thing. Well. Well. You're well. You're oh oh, it was a pun. There it is. Dude, dude, I ain't sharp enough for that tonight, man. I can't. Yeah, I can't do it. I can't do it. Okay, so I'll try to just do this a little better. Alright, so the death of Sarah. This is Genesis chapter uh twenty-three.

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Will you bring my phone to her to let me come back out?

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Thank you.

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Alright. Oh, before I forget, shameless plug, because I'm gonna forget if I don't do this right at the beginning. The print copy for the book, for the second book, The Covenant of Crisis came out. Temple of Maggie Stone. Buy the book. I'm poor. There is one thing I haven't mentioned about these books that I should have mentioned when I started plugging them. Um you can start anywhere from like one through five and pretty much be able to keep up with what's going on. It isn't until about book six that you start needing to know the prior books because there's enough background info and all this. So so yeah, I just need to make sure I mention that. But yes, Temple of Maggie Stone is out. Maggie Stone's a 91-year-old woman. She thought she was going to die, she was wrong, and everything was going great until the other fake bodies woke up. So there's your teaser. So yep. Alright.

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Now zombies.

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No, they're fake synthetic bodies.

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Oh, interesting.

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Yes. And then they start waking up, and nobody knows why. And nobody knows what's gonna happen to Maggie Stone because the other bodies start waking up.

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So they become sentient on their own without souls.

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Yes. But you have to see how it happens. Hint it's demons. It's demons. So anyway, so yeah, I'm always the CIA. It's always the CIA, right.

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What's that movie with the um oh that fella? You know who I'm talking about. Bradley Cooper. Oh he he switches bodies or something. Remember that one?

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Oh, yeah. Where he switches bodies. Who's he switch bodies with?

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I don't remember. Maybe dies, like he switches bodies, and it I I'm pretty sure it was CIA. It might have been a privately funded company, but definitely CIA ties. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 3:31

Yeah, there you go. There you go. It's actually it's more like surrogate. Did you ever see that Bruce Willis movie surrogate?

SPEAKER_04 3:36

Like that, yeah.

unknown 3:37

Yeah.

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Yeah. So you get fake bodies. Uh the only difference is Maggie Stone's soul is basically transferred into one of these fake bodies. And so they try to sell the whole thing as a science experiment, but when it was really an incantation, and then all the other demons start waking up. So, or like because it's a bunch of occult crap.

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I like that.

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Well, thank you. Thank you. Yeah. So if anybody's interested in it, I'm poor. I need money. Buy the book. It's on Amazon, it's on GarypaulVarner.org. It's on Barnes and Noble. It's everywhere because I'm poor. So moving on. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 4:19

Is it a store at Barnes and Noble?

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Well, it's an online store. Like, I'd have to like talk to my there's a whole process of actually getting it physically into like the bookshelves, you know what I mean? So uh no, it's online right now. You can order it on audiobook, paperback, or ebook. So depending on your pressure. Depending on your own thing. Actually, the audiobook isn't that bad. Like, I had to do the AI thing because time. I eventually planned to do all the audiobooks over again with like people, but because I don't have enough time, I went with the AI voice, and uh the female voices are better than the male voices. So I liked the way that the Maggie Stone audiobook turned out better than the Jerome or the familiar audiobook. So it's kind of interesting. So anyway, alright. We should move on. I just wanted to get that done because I'll forget if I don't do it at the beginning. So Okay, Genesis chapter 23, the death of Sarah. Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Cariath Arba, that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. Then Abram Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said, I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here, so I can bury my dead. The Hittites replied to Abraham, Sir, listen to us, you are a mighty prince among us, bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead. Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. He said to them, If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron, son of Zoar on my behalf. So he will sell me the calf of Makfele or Makpella, which belongs to him, and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you. Ephron, the Hittite, was sitting among his people, and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of this of his city. No, my lord, he said, listen to me, I give you the field, and I give you the calf that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people, bury your dead. Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land, and he said to Ephron in the hearing of in their hearing, listen to me if you will, I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there. Ephron answered Abraham, Listen to me, my lord, the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead. Abraham agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants. So Ephron's field and Macfele Macpella near Mamre, both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field was deeded to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city. Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the land of Macpele near Mamre, which is I know I'm saying that wrong, but whatever. Which is um which is at Hebron in the land of Canaan. So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site. And that is chapter twenty-three. Any thoughts on chapter twenty-three?

SPEAKER_05 8:12

Nope, that's dope. I wonder if anybody's actually like try to find her burial site.

SPEAKER_01 8:18

Find her burial site? I don't know, it's a good question. I'm sure somebody has, but I don't imagine they've had any luck. But anyway.

SPEAKER_05 8:35

Like in real life.

SPEAKER_02 8:37

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_05 8:38

Be like, this is where Abraham stood when he was, you know, took Isaiah for the sacrifice. Yeah. This is where Sarah was buried. And just go there and that'd be cool.

SPEAKER_01 8:54

Yeah. Unfortunately, people would get mad at you because you'd probably find sites that weren't quote unquote traditional, and then, you know, you'd have to argue with all the other guys that'd be like, no, I was over here, and this is where that happened.

SPEAKER_05 9:08

You actually wind up in the middle of Africa somewhere. It's like, this is where it actually happened. Well, I've heard like that's not right. That's not right.

SPEAKER_01 9:19

Yeah, yeah. Well, I've heard like people can't really people argue over where the Dead Sea crossing happened. They argue about where Mount Sinai was. I mean, it's it's it's a crazy biblical archaeology is a crazy field.

SPEAKER_05 9:32

People argue over whether whether or not Jesus actually wept.

SPEAKER_01 9:37

That's true. That's true. Oh well. Yeah. What'd you say, Cody? You're gonna have to get close to your mic, man. I cannot understand a word you're saying.

SPEAKER_05 9:56

Yeah, we lost.

SPEAKER_01 10:05

Yeah, some people do think that. They're wrong. But anyway. I agree. Huh?

SPEAKER_00 10:14

I agree.

SPEAKER_01 10:15

Yeah, yeah. Stay at it, we'll get her figured out. Alright, so we're gonna move on to chapter 24. This is Isaac and Rebecca. Genesis chapter 24. Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, put your hand under my thigh. I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife from my su for my son, from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for Isaac, for my son Isaac. The servant asked him, What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from? Make sure that you do not take my son back there, Abraham said. The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land, and who spoke to me and promised me an oath, saying, To your offspring I will give this land, he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there. If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there. So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham, and swore an oath to him concerning this matter. Now I do find that interesting that a servant is being tasked with finding the son a wife. I just it seems like an odd custom, but maybe he knew his way around the ladies' man. I don't know. I don't know. It's a weird thing, though. It's a weird thing. Anyway. So uh thankfully the guy's you know a righteous man. Otherwise, I don't know. That could have been bad. But anyway.

SPEAKER_05 12:22

So uh that's why I picked him.

SPEAKER_01 12:25

Yeah, maybe maybe he had a good reputation. Yeah. So then the servant left, taking with him of his master's camels, taking with him ten of his master's camels, loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharim, and made his way to the town of Nahor. He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town. It was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water. Then he prayed, Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. See I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. May it be that when I say to a young woman, please let your let down your jar that I may have a drink, and she says, Drink, and I'll water your camels too. Let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master. Before he had finished praying, Rebecca came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milka, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. The woman was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again. The servant hurried to meet her and said, Please give me a little water from your jar. Drink, my lord, she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands, and gave him a drink and g to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink. So she quickly empty emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels. Without saying a word the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful. When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a Becca, and two gold braces weighing ten shekels. Then he asked, Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night? She answered him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milka, born to Nahor. And she added, We have plenty of straw and fodder as well as room for you to spend the night. As well as room for you to spend the night. Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord, saying, Praise be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who does not abandon his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives. The young man ran and told her mother's household about these things. Now Rebecca had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring. As soon as he had seen the nose ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and had heard Rebecca tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring. Come, you who are blessed by the Lord, he said, Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels. So he the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded, straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet. Then food was set before him, but he said, I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say. Then tell us, Laban said. So he said, I am Abraham's servant. The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants and camels and donkeys. My master's wife, Sarah, has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him and he has given him everything he owns. And my masters made me and my master made me swear an oath, and said, You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live. But go to my father's family, and to make my own clan, and get and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son. Then I asked my master, What if the woman will not come back with me? He replied, The Lord before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son, from my own clan, and from my father's family. You will be released from my oath if, when you go to the when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath. When I came to the spring, I said, Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come. See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water, and I say to her, Please let me drink a little water from your jar, and if she says to me, Drink, and I'll draw water to your for your camels too, let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master's son. Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebecca came out with her jar on her shoulder, she went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, Please give me a drink. She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, Drink, and I'll water your camels too. So I drank, and she watered the camels also. I asked her, Whose daughter are you? She said, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom my who whom Milka bore to him. Then I put the ring on in her nose and the bracelets on her arms, and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord, I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son. Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me, and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn. Laban and Bethuel answered, This is from the Lord, we can say nothing to you one way or the other. Here is Rebecca, take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has directed. When Abraham's servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord. Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing, and gave them to Rebecca. He also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother. Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning he said, Send me on my way to on my way to my master. But her brother and her mother replied, Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so, then you may go. But he said to them, Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success to my journey, send me on my way, so I may go to my master. Then they said, Let's call the young woman and ask her about it. So they called Rebecca and asked her, Will you go with this man? I will go, she said. So they sent their sister Rebecca on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham's servants and his men. And they blessed Rebecca and said to her, Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands, may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies. Then Rebecca and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back to them with the man, and went back with the man, so the servant took Rebecca and left. Now Isaac had come from Bir Lahi Roy, for he was living in Negev. He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up he saw camels approaching. Rebecca also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel and asked the servant, Who is that man in the field coming to meet us? He is my master, the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself. Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother, Sarah, and married Rebecca, and he married Rebecca. So she became his wife, and he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. Genesis twenty four. That was a long one. That was a long one.

SPEAKER_05 20:47

I was letting you get through it. I was like, wow. What do you think about that?

SPEAKER_01 20:53

I'm trying to remember. Like, as I was reading it, I was thinking somebody said something. I was like a sermon I heard a long time ago. Uh somebody said something about why they wanted to keep Rebecca there for 10 days, but I can't remember what that was about. It seems like because Laban's a nefarious character in Genesis. He kind of trips people up, but he's kind of a, you know, he he's like he's like Jacob, only worse, you know what I mean? Like he cheats people and stuff. So I want to say that the reason he left was because Laban and that family was up to no good, so he wanted to get her out fast, but I cannot remember the context or when and where I heard that. So I can try to look that up if you're interested. So otherwise, you know, don't don't take my word for it. Because I'm that's an old, old sermon. Maybe, maybe. Let me um guys talk amongst yourselves. What do you think about it, Cody? I'm gonna try to look this up while you're talking.

unknown 21:59

Um I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 22:04

I didn't have a lot of thoughts about it. Uh just a story about uh buying a girlfriend, you know?

SPEAKER_05 22:11

Why why did he give her a nose ring? That one that one I'm curious about.

SPEAKER_04 22:17

That was that's like a wedding ring back then.

SPEAKER_01 22:21

Oh I always kind of like to give some of those denominational guys crap for getting mad at people who have jewelry. I'm like, we get mad at nose rings, but hey, Abraham's servant gave Rebecca one. I don't know what you're complaining about.

SPEAKER_05 22:32

You can't say it's a sin if you know it happened uh way back when it said he put he put the ring in her nose. It's like, whoa. She's got a septum. That's how how they got married, a septum. Or was it just a gift? I think it was just a gift.

SPEAKER_04 22:51

Over here.

SPEAKER_05 22:52

Oh what are those ones called?

SPEAKER_01 22:57

Uh I don't know. So this so AI, and I don't know how reliable this is. It seems I remember the last option is striking a bell. So I kind of think that's what I heard. But uh the AI says Laban and Rebecca's mother likely asked for a 10 day 10-day delay in Genesis 24 to properly prepare Rebecca for her long journey and marriage, allow for a respectful goodbye, and perhaps to secure more gifts, dowry from the wealthy servant. See, that's kind of what I thought. I I feel like I heard somebody say they were gonna try to get more out of him because you know he had money. And that's why they want that's why he was supposed to leave. So, but I don't know. That's just what I that's just what I heard. I need a drink after that. Well read, sir.

SPEAKER_00 23:54

I guess.

SPEAKER_01 23:57

Alright. So we're on to Genesis 25, unless anybody has any final thoughts. Actually, let me ask you a question. What pops in my head?

SPEAKER_05 24:07

Answer.

SPEAKER_01 24:08

What do you think the biblical view of love is, or the definition of love is, when a story like that's in the Bible? Because it seems very hard to underst to comprehend love as like an emotional feeling, you know, when you're like meeting people at random, and a servant is buying your wife, and yet you're commanded to love your wife. What do you think that says about love and the biblical understanding of what love is?

SPEAKER_04 24:42

Well, I mean, love is a I look at look at it as a verb almost, I'd be like.

SPEAKER_01 24:49

Mm-hmm. I'd agree with that.

SPEAKER_04 24:52

Um But I don't know. I think back then, I mean, you know, we talked, I think we talked about last week how everything everybody was dying all the time, you know, like everybody was dying, like constantly. Like there was just a lot more death, you know. And uh so back then, like marriage was about like bloodline per generation. So like I wonder, I wonder if the servant went out to look for like good stock, like genetic stock. That was like his task.

SPEAKER_01 25:24

Yeah, I know um Abraham definitely wanted to keep it within his like family tradition, but I don't know if that's because of like something genetic, um, or if it was because they were already worshipping like Baal or some kind of evil thing, or at least that was more common. Obviously, not all of them were doing that yet, but there might have been some cultural differences he was worried about. I don't know. Uh but I agree with what you said about love being a verb. I actually agree with that quite strongly, passionately. I I think that's kind of the point is a lot of people want to talk about love being just purely emotional. I'm like, no, I think it's I think it's a choice or physical.

SPEAKER_04 26:08

Everybody, everybody has relationship issues, you know. It's like, and so like you have to remember, like I try to just remember like what the Bible says, like core principles. Um husbands love your wives, and wives respect your husbands. Like you do those two things, and you're you're okay, you know. Yeah, so it's just like just gotta remember to love my wife. That's that's all I gotta that's all I gotta do. And that's that's an action, man. Like you have to you have to do that.

SPEAKER_01 26:41

Yeah. No, I actually agree with that.

SPEAKER_04 26:43

Like showing showing a female love is like it takes effort, you know.

SPEAKER_02 26:49

For sure.

SPEAKER_04 26:50

And sometimes it's because like sometimes it's not a positive thing, sometimes it's a correction.

SPEAKER_01 26:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 26:56

You know, and that's that's a hard thing to do.

SPEAKER_01 26:58

But it's a choice, it's active, it's not catching the feels. I remember, you know, shows like Boy Meets World back in the day, they'd always be like, Sometimes love just dies. And I'm like, I'm like, I don't think it works like that. So no wonder the divorce rate's like 50%. So it's higher now, isn't it? I I don't know. Last I heard it was 50, could be higher, who knows? We can Google it while I'm Googling. What do you think, Trevor? What's your thoughts?

SPEAKER_05 27:27

Uh I think love is unconditional. Real love, anyways. But that's just me.

SPEAKER_01 27:37

I I agree. I think it's unconditional. I think you have to make the choice of it as well.

SPEAKER_05 27:42

Yeah, and sometimes that choice can be very difficult, especially especially if the other person is just all conditional.

SPEAKER_01 27:53

I don't know why I laughed at that. Uh you're right, love is unconditional. I agree with that completely. But look at this. This is AI. I don't know if this is true or not, but just it figures. If it's true, it figures. So the U.S. divorce rate has generally declined since 2008. So it started going down in 2008, reaching historic lows in the 2020s, with about 2.4 divorces per 1,000 people, or for excuse me, or 14.56 per thousand married women in 2022. While roughly 40% of marriages may still end in divorce, the rate is falling for younger people, though gray divorce, ages 50 plus, remains elevated. Freaking hippies. That's what went through my head. I'm like, it's the freaking hippies, of course it is.

SPEAKER_03 28:50

So the boomers.

SPEAKER_01 28:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 28:53

Hippies and the boomers.

SPEAKER_01 28:55

Oh my gosh. Uh it's like, you know, maybe that whole free love thing that you're talking about wasn't such a good idea. Maybe, just maybe. Anyway.

SPEAKER_05 29:06

Just maybe. That's funny.

SPEAKER_01 29:08

Yeah. So, well, might have been a little vindictive on my part, but that was that was a genuine laugh. May not have been a good one, but it was a genuine one. So, all right. Um, we got a minute to go before we reach 30 minutes. So, anybody have any final thoughts on this passage?

SPEAKER_04 29:29

Um no.

SPEAKER_01 29:31

No. You I just really want to emphasize the fact that you said love is a verb. I think that's very, very, very, very true. And I think that's a very, very good point and something a strong note to end on. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 29:46

For sure.

SPEAKER_01 29:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 29:48

For sure, man. Um yeah, it's something you have to do constantly. Over and over and over, and you get crapped on for it every day.

SPEAKER_05 29:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 29:59

Because you know, when you're showing love, you're showing vulnerability, and people take advantage of that when they're hurt or angry. And uh it's just the name of the game. You just gotta keep keep getting stepped on, turning the other cheek. It's terrible.

SPEAKER_01 30:15

No, no, you're alright. People are crap. Love them anyway. So what do you think, Trevor? They do.

SPEAKER_02 30:23

Yeah, they know what they're doing.

SPEAKER_05 30:25

Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Love someone as much as you possibly can, and that's that's all you can do.

SPEAKER_01 30:37

Alright, well, that is the end of part one, boys. If you're on the live stream, stay with us. We've got three more segments left if you are watching this after the fact. Thank you so much for watching, and we'll see you next time. Deuces. We hope you enjoyed this episode of Faith Fiction and Folklore. If you did, we would love it if you would subscribe to us on YouTube or follow us on Rumble. We can also be found on X, Instagram, and Facebook. And we are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio. Thank you again very much for listening, and we'll see you next time.