(July 14, 2012 at 8:30 pm)spockrates Wrote: "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
(Matthew 19)
Jesus had an appreciation for the absurd, too. And the courage to poke fun at the wealthy and powerful. Don't you think?
I saw a documentary which among other things explained that the word Camel was actually a misstranslation of the word rope.
Quote:the Greek word kamilos ('camel') should really be kamêlos, meaning 'cable, rope', as some late New Testament manuscripts1 actually have here. Hence it is easier to thread a needle with a rope rather than a strand of cotton than for a rich man to enter the kingdom
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
