(January 31, 2013 at 10:03 pm)catfish Wrote:(January 31, 2013 at 9:50 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: I think you meant to say "allegory", because how are two sentences which don't form a story a parable?
Ummm, context? There is more to what he taught that just that line. He was the bread of life too... Allegory works though and I could actually believe that single line in a "literal" sense if "through me" was(or meant) "through my teachings". Although it would be hard to literally go "through" his teachings, but I think you understand, right?
From a college proffesor to his students:
No one comes to graduation except through me...
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Oh yeah, I see what you're saying. Since he didn't specify though, how do you know he meant "through my teachings" as opposed to "through belief in me"? That's why I brought up this verse because I always thought it was related to the whole "belief in me -> eternal life" thing.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
