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Dennis, Not a Menace · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Scram, Dennis. You can't play here.
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  Yes, I can. No, you can't.
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  I was here first. So you don't own this ground?
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  Then who does? God, how do you know?
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  The Bible says so. I read it this morning.
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  You're lying. You can't even.
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  Read The Earth is the Lords and all its Fullness the World and
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  Those who dwell there. In Psalm 24 one, what was?
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  That that's what I read. It's a Bible verse.
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  God is the boss over all the earth and everyone in it.
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  Now watch out. I wouldn't want to accidentally
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  hit you with my baseball bat. I'm telling my mom.
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  Was it something I said. So I see you're still here on my
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  jump roping ground. This is in your jump roping
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  ground. Well, it's not your baseball
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  ground, Margaret. You don't play baseball on the
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  ground, you play on a diamond. Diamonds are for girls.
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  Everyone knows that. A baseball diamond is different
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  from a girl's diamond. What's the difference, smarty
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  pants? Girls, diamonds are small, stuck
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  to a necklace. Baseball diamonds are big, so
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  you can put bases on them. Well, I told my mom on you and
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  she said you had to leave. Did you tell your mom my Bible
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  verse? The earth is the Lord and all
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  its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.
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  Psalm 24 one. No, I didn't tell her that.
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  Well, you better go tell her, cause God is the boss over all
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  the earth and everyone in it. Fine, I will.
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  I suppose she could play baseball with me if she wanted
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  to. That is.
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  OK, Dennis, your time's up. What do you mean?
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  My time's up? I told my mom.
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  The Bible verse, You know, the one that says the earth is the
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  Lord's in all its fullness, the world and those who dwell
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  therein. Psalm 24 one.
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  What did she say? She said it's true because God
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  is the boss over all the earth and everyone in it.
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  That's what I've been telling you.
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  My mom said that we should take turns playing since it belongs
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  to God and he loves us both. So your time is up.
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  I'm not finished playing yet, Dennis.
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  I'm warning you. If you don't leave right now, I
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  will scream so awfully horribly loud that my mom will think that
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  you're trying to murder me. And I'll tell her you were, and
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  she'll believe me. Because boys are like that and
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  girls aren't. I have to get going now, so I
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  suppose you can jump rope here for a while.
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  It's boring here all by myself. I suppose I could play baseball
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  with Dennis. That is, if you'll let me.
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  Oh, Dennis. I'm telling you, Martha, when I
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  was a kid we didn't even think about smoking marijuana or using
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  any of those other drugs. George, they didn't even have
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  children's aspirin when you were a child.
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  I know that, and that's exactly my point.
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  How do you expect a kid like Dennis to say no to drugs?
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  He's going to try them at some point.
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  He's bound to. He's just like every other kid
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  in the world. Are we talking about the same,
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  Dennis? Like every other kid in the
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  world, George. OK, so he's a little energetic.
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  You mix his energy level with drugs and we've got trouble on
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  our hands. That's why we've got to sell our
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  home and move away from this neighborhood.
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  That's nonsense, George. Dennis would never take drugs.
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  How? Can you be so sure?
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  Wilson. Hi, Mr. Wilson.
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  Hi, Mrs. Wilson. Guess what I have hidden?
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  Drugs. George, stop that.
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  We asked. Mr. Wilson is just teasing.
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  Dear, what do you have hidden? I've hidden God's word in my
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  heart that I might not sit against him someone 1911.
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  Did you hear that, George? Oh yeah, sure, sure.
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  Uh huh. Say it again, Dennis.
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  I'm not sure Mr. Wilson heard you.
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  He must not have his hearing aid on yet.
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  I don't wear a hearing aid. I've hidden God's word of my
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  heart that I might not sin against him, so I'm 1/19/11.
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  You don't have to yell. I better get going, Mrs. Wilson.
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  I can tell Mr. Wilson is a little grumpy.
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  He needs to try putting God's word in his heart and he won't
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  want to be grumpy anymore. See, George, I told you Dennis
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  would never take drugs. He's a child dedicated to
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  pleasing God. Uh oh.
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  Did you hear that? What?
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  What's Dennis done now? Well, don't just stand there.
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  Let's go. Make sure he's Okay.
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  Come on, George. Okay.
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  So maybe, just maybe, Dennis won't do drugs.
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  The kid will join a gang. I'm telling you, he's gang
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  material. He'll probably be the leader of
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  his own game, spray painting his initials all over the
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  neighborhood. And then he'll be carrying a
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  gun. And Powell?
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  Someone's dead. George, quit talking like that.
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  Dennis is a good boy. How do you expect a kid like
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  Dennis to say no to joining a game?
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  He's bound to join one. Mark my words, he's just like
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  every other kid in the world. Like every other kid in the
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  world, George, didn't you hear what I said earlier?
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  He's a child dedicated to pleasing God.
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  I heard you. Now you hear me?
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  You mix his energy level with a gang and we've got trouble on
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  our hands. That's why we've got to sell our
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  home and move away from this neighborhood.
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  That's nonsense, George Dennis would never join a gang.
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  How can you be so sure parents aren't the same as they were
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  when you and I grew up? These days, everyone is too busy
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  to spend time with their own kids.
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  They're left alone all day, free to roam the neighborhood feeling
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  like nobody cares. Look, there's Dennis, now
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  roaming the neighborhood. Oh, Dennis, could you come here
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  please dear? Hi, Mrs. Wilson.
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  Hi, Mr. Wilson, would you? Tell Mr. Wilson what you have
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  hidden in your heart. Does he finally have his hearing
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  aid in? No, I don't have my hearing aid
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  in. I've hidden God's word of my
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  heart that I might not sin against him, so I'm 1/19/11.
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  You don't have to yell. Dennis, Mr. Wilson doesn't wear
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  a hearing aid. Perhaps you could repeat that
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  verse a little quieter for him. OK, I've hidden God's word in my
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  heart that I might not sit against him some 1/19/11.
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  Thank you, Dennis. That's all I needed right now.
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  You're welcome, Mrs. Wilson. You know something?
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  Maybe you should make Mr. Wilson wear his hearing aid every
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  morning like my mom makes me wear clean underwear.
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  I hear fine. I don't need a hearing aid.
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  You better go lie down, dear. You look frustrated.
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  You'd be frustrated too, if you live next door to that kid.
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  I do live next door to him, dear.
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  I'm your wife, remember? Okay.
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  So let's say Dennis doesn't use drugs or join a game.
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  What about lying, stealing, and getting into fights?
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  That sort of thing. George, did you ever lie or
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  steal when you were a boy? Did you ever get into fights?
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  Yes, and that's exactly my point.
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  Doesn't it bother you that we're living next to someone that
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  could steal something from us and lie about it at the same
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  time while fighting with that dopey kid down the street over
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  it? What on earth are you talking
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  about? I'm talking about getting out of
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  this neighborhood while we still have everything.
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  George, what do we have that Dennis would want to steal?
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  I don't know. Mr. Wilson.
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  Oh, Mr. Wilson. It's Dennis Quick, hide your
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  valuables. George.
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  Mr. Wilson, guess what? I was riding my bike, minding my
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  own business, when I saw this kid stealing your tractor
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  sprinkler. That's it, Martha.
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  He'd steal our tractor sprinkler and lie about it to our face.
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  George, please. Oh no, Mr. Wilson.
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  He didn't lie about it. I asked what he was doing with
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  your tractor sprinkler and he said he was stealing it.
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  But don't worry, I brought it back for you.
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  Oh yeah, sure. How did you get it?
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  He had to give it to me after I beat him.
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  Ah, did you hear that Martha? Dennis beat up the dopey kid
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  down the street? That does it.
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  We're moving. Wait, Mr. Wilson, I didn't beat
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  him up. I beat him in a game of
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  basketball. You beat him in basketball.
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  And he didn't steal the tractor sprinkler or lie about it.
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  He brought it back to you, George.
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  Did you think I stole it, Mr. Wilson?
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  Well. Mr. Wilson, my mom, said we are
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  dedicated to pleasing God. I've hidden God's word in my
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  heart that I might not sit against him.
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  George, you owe him an apology. Well, I never actually said he
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  stole it, George. It's OK, Mrs. Wilson.
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  All people are just like that sometimes.
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  He just called me old. He he never actually said you
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  were. Old I'm not old.
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  I can hear fine and my mind's as sharp as attack.
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  Well then, what was the verse Dennis just quoted?
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  How am I supposed to know? Weren't you listening of?
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  Course, I was listening. Well then, what's the verse?
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  You tell me if you're so smart. I have hidden God's word in my
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  heart that I might not sin against him.
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  Psalm 1/19/11. Tomorrow we'll go see the doctor
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  and have your hearing checked, dear.
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  Fine. He'll tell you just what I've
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  been telling you. There's nothing wrong with my
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  hearing. If you're not losing your
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  hearing, then we'll know it's your mind.
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  I'm not losing my mind. Hi Margaret.
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  What you doing? You wouldn't understand.
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  Yes, I would. No, you wouldn't.
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  Would too. Would not.
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  Why don't you try me? 'Cause you're just a child.
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  I know I am, but what are you? I'm a mature woman, Dennis, and
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  that's why I'm working on my science project.
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  I did a science project once. I can dissect a frog.
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  That's utterly and totally disgusting.
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  My science project is to prove The Big Bang theory and the
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  evolution of the one celled amoeba that crawled out of the
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  ocean, developed into a monkey, and finally, over the course of
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  millions of years, evolved into you.
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  The Bible explains how I got here.
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  You don't actually believe the Bible, do you, Dennis?
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  Of course I do, don't you? The Bible is just a book of
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  fairy tales. It is not.
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  Is too. Well, I say let God be true, but
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  every man a liar. Romans 3/4.
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  So I'm a girl. It's for girls too.
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  Man means humans. I'm not talking to you anymore,
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  Dennis. Some people just don't like
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  hearing the truth. If I was gonna evolve from
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  something, I would want to evolve from a dinosaur.
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  Why is that? Because dinosaurs are big and
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  strong, like me. Dennis, you're so totally,
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  awfully nothing like a dinosaur. I was just kidding.
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  I don't believe in evolution. Whatever.
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  My teacher says we came from monkeys and that's final.
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  Oh yeah, well just cause your teacher says it doesn't make it
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  true. My teachers been to college.
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  That's where smart people go. I don't care.
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  Let God be true, but every man a liar.
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  Romans 3/4. I'm going to close my eyes and
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  cover my ears so I can't hear you.
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  Let God be true, but every man a liar.
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  Romans 3/4. I still can't hear you.
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  Is that a Bible you're reading? Margaret, it most certainly is
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  Dennis. Do you have a problem with that?
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  No, of course not. What?
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  You're reading the Bible. For it's for my science project.
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  If you must know, I'm going to prove that God created man.
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  I thought you were going to prove that man evolved from a
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  monkey. Dennis, I'm surprised at you.
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  I thought you believed in the Bible.
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  I do. Well then, let God be true, but
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  every man a liar. Romans 3/4.
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  Hey, that's my verse. It's in the Bible, Dennis, and
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  the Bible's written to everyone, not just you.
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  So it's not your verse, it's God's verse.
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  So you did listen. Maybe I did, maybe I didn't.
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  And if you try to tell people that I listen to you, they won't
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  believe you because you're a boy, which is the same as a
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  little man like God be true, but every man a liar.
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  Romans 3-4 I'm leaving and don't follow me Goodbye.
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  I told you it's for girls too, Margaret.