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Oaths and Manipulation
- Swearing oaths, common in Jesus' time, involved invoking God to add weight to claims.
- This isn't about cussing, but manipulating perceptions with superficial displays of piety.
Beyond Behavior Modification
- Jesus focuses on root causes of behavior, not just surface actions.
- He wants to address why we distort reality to control others' perceptions, like an iceberg hiding its depth.
Funeral Directors Fiasco
- Tim Mackie, while giving a talk, realized he was speaking on a topic he didn't know.
- Overcome by fear of judgment, he continued blabbering before admitting his lack of knowledge.