When I was growing up in West Virginia, many fundamentalists didn’t approve of alcohol, so they insisted that Jesus turned water into grape juice. The “wine” thing was a misunderstanding, they said.
When the prosperity gospel swept aside the admiration of simplicity, the “eye of the needle” mentioned in the Bible was said to be a reference to a kind of gate with a covering over it. A little awkward for inexperienced camels, but with practice it’s not so hard. Sort of like parallel parking, I guess.
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