What did he mean by this?
Are we rich by global standards?
What did he mean by this?
Asher Carter
Nathaniel Wilson
he was schizophrenic. They all were. Dont mean shit, bro.
Angel Johnson
The eye of the needle refers to the top of the arch of the small gateways in cities back then. A camel would have to bow its head to pass. Basically rich men must humble themselves.
Austin Brown
A richfag can afford to make a needle with an eye twice the size of a camel, while a poorfag cannot.
So it's just pointing out that poorfags have to behave because they have no other means to get into Heaven, while richfags have many options that to poorfags would seem impossible.
Aaron Gonzalez
A rich man has many material things to cling to.
Clinging to the world prevents you from finding god within you.
You can't worship god and mammon at the same time.
Owen Stewart
It means early Christians were socialists. Don't build up a mountain of money and watch people starve around you, death is equal to every man, stuff like that.
Michael Taylor
What sort of faggot wants to sit on a cloud playing a harp, while worship their asstard god for eternity.
Tyler Murphy
That power corrupts.
Jeremiah Parker
Atheist socialists love to bring up this passage, but it's the following lines that are important:
>When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
The lesson is put your faith in God, not that having money is bad.
Kevin Hernandez
This was a classic problem with translation. The European monks who translated the bible in the 11th century from ancient Greek didn't know what a camel was. They had never seen a camel. The original word was "Kambyses:, an ancient city in the Persian Empire. The parable means that a rich man should look through the eyes of his servants if he wishes to purchase land from them.
Jason Wilson
Where did you get that description from?
Sunday school?
Easton Perry
That's false, there's no evidence of such gate.
*large creature that lives in the area* going through the eye of a needle was a popular saying back in the day.
Xavier Miller
Are you forgetting the part before hand, where Jesus tells the rich guy to sell all his possesions and give to the poor?
Nicholas Reed
[citation needed]
Matthew Jenkins
You know, if that were the case, there would be some proof, since the original text are easy to come by.
I never knew i'll get to call fake news when talking about the Bible.
Julian Carter
Adam Cooper
When I die, fuck it, i want to go to hell.
Zachary Carter
And you believe that, but you can't see how it's just an excuse rich people made?
Michael Kelly
Im far from religious but if i were to take this seriously then id first have to ask what is meant by the term "rich". Back a thousand years ago and more id think owning your own house could be considered rich.
Hunter Long
>with God all things are possible
You can't put a camel through the eye of a needle. A rich man can't just rock up to heaven and say "hey I'm rich, let me in"
But God can put a camel through the eye of a needle, and God can get a rich man into heaven. And don't forget "rich" here was the guy owned his own land.
Asher Johnson
That's just an rumor rich people made because they didn't like that bit.
Think about it, why would an architect make such a stupid design? Plus there's no evidence for the existance of such gates, we know Jerusalem had regular ones.
Easton Diaz
The head of a needle is a metaphor for an archway.
he means that rich people pass freely into heaven.
they wouldn't be rich if they didn't do valuable work for society.
Caleb Cruz
>muh methaphores
No, he straight up says what it means earlier.
>Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
This is what he meant. Stop making excuses and either follow him or give up trying.
Jack Adams
Then why are his desciples so shocked? The wouldn't have been if he just said "oh yeah you just need to duck your head, ez"
Why don't you guys read the story, it's short.
biblegateway.com
Lincoln Bell
>poe
sorry
Juan Ortiz
This is a better translation
biblegateway.com
Carter Phillips
...
Cooper Lee
Didn't someone coin a punctuation mark for sarcasm? I wish it had cought on.
Gabriel Barnes
Good joke but he married her after she got preg.
I think I have OCD.
Levi James
to
Grayson Hernandez
Are you serious?
Ayden Rivera
Thread theme: youtu.be
Charles Ramirez
...
Caleb Howard
There was huge divide between the rich and the poor. So you basically either were rich or you weren't, there was no in-between. It's more complicated now but I think we can all agree giving to charity is good.
Asher Price
gr8 b8 m8
Zachary Cruz
you make me like charity.
instead of paying enough taxes.
Benjamin Watson
Logan Richardson
> Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
Now you read that and tell me what he meant.
Brayden Sullivan
this
Ethan Ross
i could've "/s"ed, but i really thought that last line'd've given it away.
Colton Carter
Remember, we share this place with Ameriflaps, anything is possible.
Logan Taylor
>Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
Was that an error as well?
Jackson Foster
Is this a joke? There is literally no evidence for your claim. Cities didn't have those gates.
Elijah Jackson
You responded to the wrong post.
Checked.
Easton Parker
>Ameriflaps
the mental image this gives :{}
Nathan Flores
...
Cameron Bailey
Being religious in the 21st century means you are fucking retarded.
Ryder Lewis
...got any arguments to follow that up? Or are you just here to sput memes all day?
Samuel Roberts
who cares what an imaginary guy from a fairytale might have said 1000 years ago?
Charles Myers
The evidence for evolution is overwhelming, and trying to stick religion and evolution together is ridiculous.
Ian Gray
This.
Thomas Lopez
the fact, that you need arguments NOT to believe in a senseless fairytale confirms that last guys suspicion
Joshua Russell
>samefagging this hard
Jayden Adams
It was imaginary 2000 years ago actually.
When you're making shit up it's important to get your facts straight!
Colton Cook
No.
Is it so hard to believe multiple people here think religious people are idiots?
Daniel Reed
I only made 2 posts
wtf are you even saying? Bible was not written 2000 years ago and what shit did I make up exactly? you're autism is confusing
Adam Butler
It's hard to believe they suddenly appeared withing 1 minute.
Owen Brown
It explains why Americans support Trump?
Caleb Gonzalez
its god's will, don't argue, obey
Hunter Scott
Im still waiting on someone to justify their religious beliefs despite knowing that we evolved.
Blake Watson
It means don't hog money, donate a lot to the churches.
Jack Cooper
Jesus was alive 2000 years ago.
you're not making it up, christians are.
Robert Roberts
there is absolutely no proof that Jesus even existed, let alone performed all those miracles, all has been derived from all kinds of scriptures and writings
Aiden Ramirez
>there is absolutely no proof that Jesus even existed
en.wikipedia.org
Aiden Phillips
The fictional character jesus is still ~2000 years old.
kindof like how Harry Potter is ~35.
Levi Foster
I was referring to the age of contemporary form of bible, not Jesus's life
Leo Walker
i'm not ;
i'm just trying to explain what they meant.
Dominic Johnson
Tacitus is the only thing and its 100 years after his death. Very very flimsy. The silence is deafening.
Asher Baker
>"SAD!"
>- Donald J. Trump
Brayden Jones
>Tacitus is the only thing
>there is absolutely no proof
Carter Jones
different ppl posting tard