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anon believes that all churches should have their finances frozen until a full audit of complaints involving abuses involving children are heard. Let them see Christian behavior sort itself apart from thieves. Its easier to fit a camel through an eye of a needle than….
Frogs:
In the Exodus account, God brings ten escalating plagues on Egypt to compel Pharaoh to free the Israelites, ranging from blood and frogs to the climactic death of the firstborn; among these, the plague of frogs stands out for its grotesque intimacy and symbolic resonance — frogs emerge everywhere, filling houses, beds and kitchens and invading daily life until Egyptian magicians concede it is “the finger of God” (Exod. 8:15), a blunt challenge to Pharaoh’s authority and Egyptian religious order (frogs were associated with fertility deities like Heqet). The episode interrupts normal domestic space, forces a confrontation between competing powers, and foreshadows the social and theological collapse that follows; when Pharaoh briefly relents and then hardens his heart again, the narrative uses the frogs to dramatize both divine control over nature and the moral stubbornness that prolongs suffering.