well, it seems you have a belief in voting that i dont share
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Originally Posted by ziplock
I'd now get back into Jesus and Christianity, and how though the morals of the story are great but the vessel it travels in, the story, obscures the viewing of such great morals. In an age where many people don't have the time or even the care to closely examine concepts in their minds, this can lead to a very mislead understanding of them.
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mislead understanding? you mean misunderstanding!
why did Jesus speak in parables?
the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
prophecy fulfilled
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;
For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.
blessed
But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."