Sunday, April 15, 2007

For example, I could perhaps include only things which make me laugh out loud

Such as this post from Daylight Atheism, which I'm catching up with at the moment.

In his post called The Root of All Evil, Mr. Daylight Atheism guy quotes a prosperity ministries explanation of the camel through the eye of a needle quote (and hey, if you don't know that part of the Bible, read the darned book): The "eye of the needle" was not referring to a sewing needle, but to the trade entrance in the city wall through which the merchants would bring in their camels laden with merchandise. If the camels were overloaded, they couldn't get through the gate, so the merchant would have to unload some of the goods enabling the camels to continue.

His commentary:

Yes, that makes perfect sense! So, when Jesus said it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter Heaven, what he really meant was that a rich person getting into Heaven was only about as difficult as it was for a moderately laden camel to get through a gate specifically made for the use of camels and other beasts of burden used by merchants to haul their goods. It all seems so clear now!

I love his blog.

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