Oh come on, I can see from a mile away that’s it’s a metaphor
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Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 1 week agoI believe Jesus taught tolerance and love
So that’s what he meant when he said
34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. Matthew 10:34-36
or when he said:
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters." Matthew 12:30
So tolerant and loving! 😍
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
Lightor@lemmy.world 6 days ago
How can you tell the difference between what should be interpreted as literal vs a metaphor?
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
Because 35-36 explains the metaphor in 34
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 6 days ago
Sure like everything that is uncomfortable. Rest is literal. How convenient.
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
Now you’re putting words in my mouth. You’re arguing against the wrong person dude, chill
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Based tbh
angrystego@lemmy.world 6 days ago
They said they believe Jesus taught tolerance. They didn’t say it’s the ultimate fact just that they believe it. Of course you can find anything in the Bible. You can interpret the text in a hundred ways. There’s no one true interpretation. You can just choose one to believe in that makes sense to you (or decide non of it is for you). I think sugar_in_your_tea has chosen a very positive interpretation.
Btw I love your user name!
nutsack@lemmy.world 1 week ago
i fucked god’s asshole
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 days ago
Yes, because Jesus’ message was going to divide families, because some members won’t accept others who choose to follow Him. It was also to correct other ideas about the messiah uniting everyone and creating peace. The conflict Jesus creates are from those who are intolerant, not Jesus Himself.
It helps to read the verses in their context instead of cherrypicking.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Look at Matthew 26 (specifically 52) where Jesus stopped Peter from defending him with his sword. Jesus is opposed to violence, full stop.
The sword Jesus spoke of in Matthew 10 wasn’t a literal sword. He’s saying he’s here to disrupt the status quo. Following him requires being at odds with the status quo (Jewish law), which is likely to result in being excluded from families and whatnot. He certainly doesn’t condone violence, but he does acknowledge that this is a fork in the road and people need to pick sides, because they can’t do both.
This similar idea is conveyed in Matthew 6:24 (replace “money” with anything else that stands between you and following God):
Or Matthew 5:29:
I also don’t think he means you need to preemptively abandon your family, just that if you have to choose, choose God.
The same idea is true in secular ideology as well. If your family are Nazis, it’s better to leave them than become a Nazi.
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 1 week ago
It’s so weird how Trump and Jesus fans always need to explain what the words their admiration spoke actually meant. He maybe the evangelicals had it right all along and Donnie is the second coming!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Maybe. But I wouldn’t know because I never voted for that idiot and I think evangelicals are almost always wrong.
All I did here was read the larger context. Jesus was known for relying heavily on symbolism, so if something doesn’t fit the rest of the message, it means I’m likely missing something important in the symbolism. That’s why I provided additional examples to show my thought process.
If Jesus wanted to start a literal war, why didn’t his disciples gather an army? Because they understood his meaning.