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[-] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

The whole "camel through the eye of the needle" bit is likely as radical as it looks at first glance. It was tried to be explained away through the centuries as more rich Christians started to appear, such as by claiming it was a small doorway in the city wall that would be difficult to get a camel through.

These claims don't appear to hold up. Meanwhile, there were sewing needles uncovered with a recognizable design to modern ones, and you ain't getting a camel through it. The way we would plainly read it today seems correct: rich people aren't getting into the Kingdom of God.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Pharisees lived on donations not via state funds. For him to tell a rich guy to give away all his money was basically him telling a rich guy to give himself all the money.

Soliciting donations isn't exactly subversive.

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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