When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one of the apocalyptic crowd.
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When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one of the apocalyptic crowd.
A. J. JACOBSI thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
A. J. JACOBSMy reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it’ll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It’s like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
A. J. JACOBSMed students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
A. J. JACOBSIn trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
A. J. JACOBSTaking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
A. J. JACOBSI was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
A. J. JACOBSGiulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
A. J. JACOBSOne of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.
A. J. JACOBSI thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
A. J. JACOBSI found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
A. J. JACOBSThe key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.
A. J. JACOBSWhen I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.
A. J. JACOBSI was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
A. J. JACOBSJealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
A. J. JACOBSI’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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