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Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the OnScript podcast.

This is Matt Lynch coming to you from Regent College in Vancouver.

Just here at the beginning, I wanted to say a word of thanks to everyone involved with OnScript.

There are so many people behind the scenes making this possible.

I'm really grateful for them.

So we've got the host of Onscript, so me, Matt Bates, Drew Johnson,

Aeronheim, Chris Hilling, Amy Brown, Hughes, and Jules, Martinez, Olivieri. Also working in media,

kind of helping with website or events, Rebecca Terhume, Min Ward on design logo stuff. On the website,

Alan Files and James Steinbach have been superb. Finances,

Maria Hearings, can be helping us with keeping all that in order and straight. On the

in parallel podcast, Brent Strawn hosting their Biblical World podcast, which is another spinoff.

We have Chris McKinney, Kyle Kimer, Oliver Hersey, Mary Buck,

Mark Jans, and Amy Baylor. And then our intrepid producers, Jason Stark and Taylor Terzic,

and then Keith Willis producing in parallel. So a lot of people behind the scenes, and it wouldn't

be possible without all of you encouraging us along the way and those of you

who give and share the word about what we're doing. So thanks to everyone involved, I just wanted

to name them so you can hear who's connected and hope you enjoy this episode. Welcome back to Onscript.

From our modern vantage point, I think we can all agree that ancient religions are decidedly weird.

This is Matthew Bates.

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