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IO9 made a list of \u201cThe 9 Most Baffling Bible Passages.\u201d<\/a> Some of them really are baffling even to all the scholars I\u2019ve read or spoken with about them. Others make more sense with some background information.<\/p>\n

If you made a list of the most baffling Bible passages, which ones would be the same as those on the IO9 list, and which would be different? And just to make it that little bit more challenging, of your choices, how many can you find recreated in LEGOs<\/a> somewhere online?<\/p>\n

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