(April 4, 2016 at 11:47 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:(April 4, 2016 at 9:16 am)Won2blv Wrote: This whole thing is based on the premise that Jesus made it an absolute rule that you have to have to sell all your belongings and give to the proceeds to the poor. He did not. The point that it would be irrational to not give all your belongings just to possibly boost your chances has not been made. I do agree that many Christians don't live up to many of Jesus' words but that doesn't invalidate Jesus or his teachings.
What invalidates Jesus' teachings is that they're impossible to clarify, let alone live up to.
But has that been demonstrated by NV? I'm pretty sure that living up to the standards does not invalidate them. I couldn't live up to the standards of a Navy Seal, that doesn't invalidate them. Impossible to clarify seems more reasonable, but still I have said multiple times that using a single example from the entire gospel doesn't alone prove NV's point. Whatever his point it
