Photographer: Matt Collamer

Christianity and Filthy Stench

Sitting in church, I’m pretty sure I got a point that wasn’t meant to be the main one. The sermon was an overview of the book of Nehemiah, and the dung gate was mentioned. Names were listed of people who’d helped rebuild the wall, and the guy who worked on the dung gate was noted. I had an ADHD moment (well, hour or so) and the bit of random information sent me on a long exhaustive examination on the topic.

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