RE: Wanted: Christians who reject the supernatural and a literal afterlife.
October 19, 2017 at 2:33 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 2:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Lemme give you one of my favorite examples, Whatevs. In the gospels...the story of the faith of a canaanite woman (fuckin matthew somewhere). You'll appreciate this, because jesus allegorically calls a woman a bitch, and she runs with it..because she's got her kid in mind.
My wife could feel this story, she could understand the motivations and comments of this woman in this story. She's not convinced that it's a transcript from some ancient associated press interview, lol.
Nevertheless, even as allegory, jesus allegorically calls a woman a bitch, in the strongest sense, for having been born of the wrong tribe. She has to haggle for her daughters life and/or soul. Because the little girl gets healed in the end, it;s a good story. The allegorical takeaway for her is that jesus, or the healing power of christ..or redemption..it isn't limited to a specific tribe. For her, it might even be considered a story in which some random female calls jesus on his bullshit (which it is, even allegorically).
Alls well that ends well, and maybe sometimes you gotta remind a guy who he's fuckin with.
My wife could feel this story, she could understand the motivations and comments of this woman in this story. She's not convinced that it's a transcript from some ancient associated press interview, lol.
Nevertheless, even as allegory, jesus allegorically calls a woman a bitch, in the strongest sense, for having been born of the wrong tribe. She has to haggle for her daughters life and/or soul. Because the little girl gets healed in the end, it;s a good story. The allegorical takeaway for her is that jesus, or the healing power of christ..or redemption..it isn't limited to a specific tribe. For her, it might even be considered a story in which some random female calls jesus on his bullshit (which it is, even allegorically).
Alls well that ends well, and maybe sometimes you gotta remind a guy who he's fuckin with.
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