some distance from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh. The tribes that had the tabernacle saw themselves, it seems, as special protectors of their religion's orthodoxy.
river, not wanting to anger God by allowing a perversion of their faith, set out to kill their brethren among Reuben, Gad and Manasseh.
stone replica not as a substitute, but as a reminder. It was not for sacrifices and rituals, it was for remembrance of the tabernacle and its altar, and the central role they played in the tribes' shared faith.
eternal. Our various conflicting religions and beliefs cannot all be right.
Some, maybe most, are at least partly in error. God is not a god of
confusion.
different his beliefs were from our own, but how similar.




















Watch as Bob DOESN'T go down the side of the First Federal Plaza Building