No, I don’t mean four wheeling! Literally, I mean mudding. Covering oneself with mud. from the Dead Sead.
The Dead Sea is…well..dead. No life lives there, no life grows there. In the Sea itself anyway that is true; agriculture is all over on the shores and beyond.
The mineral content of the Dead Sea is 34 percent hard minerals; that water is almost solid. In fact, it is so almost solid that a person literally cannot sink in it. When you lay back in it, it is almost like reclining in a lounge chair.
Because of the high mineral content of the water and the mud under it, millions come to the Dead Sea each year, and it is one of the largest Spa areas in the world. Out in the stores, you can buy Dead Sea mud for 4 dollars! For a bag of mud!
Or you can come in person, pay an entry fee for the beach, and wallow in the mud all day. I used to get in trouble for doing this!
March 6, 2017 at 09:40
Yup. Highly monetized, just like disneyland
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March 6, 2017 at 10:04
Thanks moron for your always valuable input.
You are are a moron, a liar, and a waste of time
You are too scared to actually make a point and just hit and run
Take your garbage somewhere else
Moron
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March 6, 2017 at 11:18
Do you kiss your second wife with that mouth, wally?
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March 6, 2017 at 11:29
Look Mike
Every comment you make here is no more than an insult
I am here doing my Father’s work
You come here doing your father’s work as well
Dont like your reception here? Then dont come here
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March 6, 2017 at 12:30
My father has been gone 6yrs now
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March 6, 2017 at 12:42
Mike
In all honesty i an sorry you lost your father
I have lost one so i understand
But before you go running off telling the blog world i called your father the devil like your atheist mentor Ark does understand i was not referring to you passed father
You are here doing the work of your spiritual father Satan.
That is what rabid atheists evangelists do
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March 6, 2017 at 13:57
Interesting. My ‘spiritual’ fathers include quite a few men over the decades, mentors who have helped shape who I am as a person and who I was as a Christian. None of them had the name of Satan or mephistopheles or Lucifer.
Many you might recognize, and many more you would not, given your education and experience levels in the Christian faith.
But overall, if Satan were a spiritual father of mine, and he is not by virtue of non existence, would you say that Satan does the bidding of God for the testing of mankind? That is the role he plays in the ot. Gods servant, sent in service of gods aims, to test and oppose mankind. Satan is not, in the ot anyway, the Adversary of God but the servant of God. It’s not until you get to the nt times and after that you start seeing the character as kind of a dualistic demiurge with godlike powers and presence.
But alas, he too is a fiction… Not a real personage. Certainly not one to be afraid of or counting as anyone’s father, spiritual or otherwise.
Really wally, do a better job of trying to insult me personally. Or better yet, just stop where your intelligence bars you from further invasion
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March 6, 2017 at 20:12
Hey Mike
Do any of your old spiritual fathers know that you were actually atheist when they taught you?
Or are you you scared to actually reveal what you really were?
Odd though. You are pretty brave behind a computer scree
You are so smart and brave! I hope i can be as good a Christian as you were!
Now un done with you on this thread
This was a fun little harmless post and you have turned it to garbage
I suppose your mission is accomplished
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March 6, 2017 at 20:21
No wally. My mentors taught and discipled me as a Christian. I’m not atheist by the way, just not christian anymore. Please get this right. You would probably not be amused at me referring to you as a mahayana Buddhist or one who practices shin to, now would you?
And yes, it is true. That at least for now, there is some trepidation in revealing my current non Christian position to those I’m closest to in spiritual relationship. In all honesty, none of my mentors, not those I discipled thru the decades currently knows that I’m any different than the firm man of god/Disciple of Jesus that they know.
But then again, that’s my business and my life. Deconversion is a process and has very real world consequences not only for me and my wife, but also others in my life.
My ministry mission is finished, but the rest of my life and search for truth and meaning continues. It never ends
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March 6, 2017 at 20:28
So, in other words you are too much of a sissy to tell real people in your life. Funny you are sure brave on line. Big man you are
LOL.
Go away Mike.
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March 6, 2017 at 20:30
Sissy? Not sure that is the right word, but fear and consequences, for me and my wife as well as those around me, do enter into it. Sissy is pejorative and doesn’t really shown and understanding or empathy for the possible ramifications. I’d say it’s a bit Homophobic too, but who’s asking me, right?
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March 6, 2017 at 20:53
Well obviously my disdain for you clearly illustrates that I am both a bigot and homophobe LOL. That’s your fall back isn’t it? You can’t make an argument that holds water, so call the person you are talking to a bigot or homophobe. I bet that usually shuts down conversation pretty quick.
LOL
You are a moron AND a sissy.
I don’t have empathy for your “plight” Mike. You chose it. Deal with it.
If you want empathy and people to tell you how awesome you are for having the sense to reject God, run back to your atheist handlers. They love you as long as you spout their atheist doctrine.
So, I have no empathy, or sympathy for you at all.
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March 6, 2017 at 12:30
Will be 7 in june
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March 6, 2017 at 14:44
All the man is doing is posting vacation pictures Mike, why do you have to ejaculate your stupid hatred on that?
Either you are a moron, or your so blinded by unhinged hatred of your former faith you can’t see straight, or you have a mental problem.
Get some help.
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March 6, 2017 at 15:25
Oh my… the E word even. You and Wally must have the same etiquette coach
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March 6, 2017 at 16:14
We do and she’s the best 🙂
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March 6, 2017 at 16:18
Well then, I hope you’re having a wonderful day
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March 6, 2017 at 16:20
I hope you eventually stop being a ridiculous idiot.
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March 6, 2017 at 16:44
Ah yes… Comments like that would be a bit counter productive to that end
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March 6, 2017 at 16:50
And being a self-beclowning troll who spends hours a day insulting Christians is productive to what end?
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March 6, 2017 at 16:51
My amusement and your education. Consider it gods way of keeping you (cough) humble;)
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March 6, 2017 at 16:52
What do you know about my education Mike? And why is Christianity a subject for your amusement?
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March 6, 2017 at 16:57
Do you mean you are educating me? How? On what? Last time I looked at your blog it was insulting posts about Christianity bloggers, vegan nonsense, and absurd YouTube videos that are as far away from being scholarly as anything can be.
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March 6, 2017 at 20:22
Oh, I forgot to mention the terrible poetry you post to attract readers who may not be aware of the fact that you are a repulsive worm.
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March 6, 2017 at 17:02
You troll people for your amusement. I hope the lurkers here let that sink in a minute.
You bother, and annoy, and mock people for your amusement. How grown up of you.
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March 6, 2017 at 17:35
I also ‘troll’ for education as I also said. Sometimes mockery of the ridiculous is instructive and illustrative. I have no no problem with ridiculing the ridiculous. Sometimes that is all the other person may hear that may wake them up and get them thinking for themselves.
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March 6, 2017 at 17:47
Your trolling is never illustrative or instructive Mike. You have been trolling Christian blogs for over a year and every single Christian blogger I know think you are a hateful and uninformed ass.
You think much more highly of yourself than an objective assessment of the facts justifies.
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March 6, 2017 at 19:24
I’m sorry you feel that way and have come to that assessment. I think it’s biased of course, but to each his own. Maybe someday you will look back and find what you can’t see now.
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March 6, 2017 at 19:39
There is no other assessment a reasonable person could possibly come to, you are objectively a fool.
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March 6, 2017 at 19:43
People like you are nothing new Mike.
Modern intellectuals, as you beyond all reason seem to think you are, are no different from the proud Greeks of Paul’s day, who lived in the futility of their thinking. They too were darkened in their understanding… because of the blindness of their hearts (Ephesians 4:17–18).
Christianity survived ancient Greece just as it will survive idiotic internet trolls.
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March 9, 2017 at 18:59
Mike,
The comment you made on a contributor’s post about The Shak has been flagged as spam and deleted.
Please keep your hatred and ignorance on your own blog, no one here cares what you think.
James
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March 9, 2017 at 20:02
Actually, I was just agreeing with the posts author. I hated the Shack as a Christian. It was neither hateful or ignorant
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March 9, 2017 at 20:05
No one cares Mike
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March 9, 2017 at 20:09
My point was, that you had mischaracterized my original comment, the deleted it so others couldn’t see how dishonestly you were dealing with it. Same James, different day.
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March 9, 2017 at 20:12
What part of your opinion is less than absolutely meaningless to me do you not understand Mike.
I mischaracterized nothing. I simply informed you that I flagged your comment as spam and deleted it.
It wasn’t a bad comment at all it just came from a toxic idiot that is best ignored.
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March 9, 2017 at 20:16
No, you commented that it was hateful and ignorant, painting a false and mischaracterized impr3ssion of it to your readers. Your intent was to slime me, then remove the evidence of the false impression
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March 9, 2017 at 20:20
Go away Mike, you aren’t worth the time. I never said your comment was hateful, I said you were and that is a fact.
If you want to avoid this going forward, stop commenting on my blog. Seems pretty simple to me.
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March 9, 2017 at 20:23
“Please keep your hatred and ignorance on your own blog, no one here cares what you think.”
—-
That was your comment.
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March 9, 2017 at 20:26
That was a comment about YOU, in general Mike, you are hateful and ignorant.
Now, stop commenting on my blog.
You should probably stop commenting here too, we’ve wasted enough of Wally’s space with this stupid exchange.
I’m done, bye Mike.
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March 9, 2017 at 20:47
I comment where I want to. Thx. Freedom is like that you know
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March 6, 2017 at 20:24
Mike James actually asked a really good question. This was nothing but a stupid, silly, fun post.
And you are here to “educate” me? On what, how to be a sad, pathetic flailing jerk?
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March 6, 2017 at 09:40
They even charge for getting dirty
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March 6, 2017 at 09:59
Love it! I did the float on the Dead Sea and that was pretty awesome but no thanks to “Muddin.” 🙂
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March 6, 2017 at 10:02
The mudding was actually really cool
Took ten years off me
I promise
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March 6, 2017 at 10:43
Brother Wally, Thanks for the photos of the Dead Sea but I object to the last photo which glorifies your full head of hair! That’s just ridiculous for a brother your age. 🙂
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March 6, 2017 at 19:24
Yeah, what’s up with that? I always thought Wally was more humble 😉
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March 6, 2017 at 20:18
Ha..!!
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March 6, 2017 at 20:45
Sorry about all the comments Wally, not sure what I was thinking. I should have just left Mike alone like I normally do.
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March 6, 2017 at 20:56
I think sometimes we actually have to engage. Silence of mind said something once about the haters being like rabid dogs and being put down. I think he may have had a point.
I think Israel has altered my thinking a bit to tell the truth. We possess something worth defending.
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March 6, 2017 at 20:58
We absolutely posses something worth defending Wally but defending it against scoffers and haters seems to be a waste of time.
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March 6, 2017 at 21:04
I agree it seems like a waste, and I don’t think we should spend our lives doing it. I also thought, that sometimes we have to come to the aid of brothers and sisters when they are being assaulted.
Meaning…thanks for coming around here. Mike probably thought he had free reign to act like a jerk here and nobody would say anything. I appreciated you covering my back.
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March 6, 2017 at 21:14
You’re welcome brother.
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March 7, 2017 at 04:34
Me too! OK brother Wally, you have a full head of hair. We get it!!!! 🙂
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March 7, 2017 at 07:06
Come get it lol
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March 7, 2017 at 07:18
LOL!
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March 6, 2017 at 15:37
Reblogged this on Talmidimblogging.
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March 6, 2017 at 20:23
Thanks brother Vincent!
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March 6, 2017 at 21:34
You’re very welcome Brother Wally 😎
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March 6, 2017 at 16:10
Oops, meant “you’re” in my previous comment.
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March 6, 2017 at 17:15
I just want to yell Suuuuuuuuiiiiiiieeeeeeeee….as in those razorbacks and their mud 🙂
love it!!!!!
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March 6, 2017 at 20:19
LOL…I said earlier..made me 10 years younger!
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March 6, 2017 at 21:03
A holy roller in the mud– I love it ❣️
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March 6, 2017 at 21:06
Ha..ha.ha.ha!!
Now, that was funny.
I can see why people would do it, though. That water is full of mineral’s. A Kibbutz down there is actually in business to manufacture some really high end line of skin care products. Avahla or something like that.
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March 8, 2017 at 01:51
Seems like you had fun!!!!
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March 8, 2017 at 02:07
We have brother Jim we have. Today is our last day though
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March 8, 2017 at 02:40
Oh man, enjoy it!
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March 8, 2017 at 09:03
Great photos Wally! I actually paid for that $4 bag of mud too!
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March 8, 2017 at 09:29
Lol i think we did too ri
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March 8, 2017 at 09:47
The name of that skincare company bu the way is Ahava. they really do have some great products and of course weeded up at their gift shop there! Can buy the stuff on line too.
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March 8, 2017 at 09:51
Yes. My wallet is very familiar with them from our trip to the factory store
😨
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March 8, 2017 at 09:30
For somebody. Hit enter lol the bus was bouncing
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March 8, 2017 at 09:47
Careful!
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