(October 18, 2021 at 5:57 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: In any case, it seems that the apostles were taking Jesus literally about not washing their hands, but then again, Jesus did say they were stupid.
It is possible that some kind of conversation had taken place before the event of Matthew 15:1.
For example, Jesus sits down at the dinner table with some of his sect members.
“Hey Jesus. You did not wash your hands.”
“Don’t worry about it. What’s the point of washing your hands? In fact, I order all of you to be like me. Capish?”
“Yes, boss.”
Also, there would need to be a public version.
Let’s say Jesus goes to MacDonald’s with his sect members and the same kind of conversation is repeated.
The Pharisees who are seated at a nearby table notice that they did not wash their hands.
A few days later, the Matthew 15:1 encounter occurs.
The most importing thing as far as I am concerned:
The Pharisees were not able to explain to Jesus why you should wash your hands.
This is why it is important to understand why you should do X instead of simply being told to do it by your leader and then, the obedient sect member just obeys blindly.
In fact, there is this line which is in my first post:
Matthew {15:14} Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Did Jesus really unblind people? He says “Don’t be a murderer, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies” but this is something that the average joe from back then already knew.
Jesus did not provided any new information. He makes a poor teacher.
