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Benjamin Corey nominated ten movies in the category \u201cmore Biblical than Left Behind.\u201d<\/a> One of them was Shrek, which features a talking donkey, as does the Balaam story. And so when Hemant Mehta<\/a> drew attention to Corey\u2019s post, he also shared this:<\/p>\n

$\"Somewhat$ <\/p>\n

Also Biblical is the girding up of one\u2019s loins, and so here is a guide to how that was done, in case you never understood this Biblical idiom (HT Jeremy Myers<\/a>):<\/p>\n

$\"Gird-Up-Your-Loins-2-570x522\"$ <\/p>\n

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