(urth) Latro

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

I've heard that about the needle's eye gate, too, but according to
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#Gate), there's no
real evidence for it.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Norwood, Frederick Hudson <
NORWOODR at mail.etsu.edu> wrote:

> I no longer go to church, but when I did the sermons were mostly about the
> importance for Christians to always vote for the Republican party.  I
> remember one sermon about the camel passing through the eye of a needle.
> The preacher explained that "the eye of a needle" was the name of the gate
> that the rich used to enter Jerusalem and so the point of the parable is
> that naturally the rich would use that gate to enter heaven.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Urth [mailto:urth-bounces at lists.urth.net] On Behalf Of Lee
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 1:08 PM
> To: urth at urth.net
> Subject: (urth) Latro
>
> >Dan'l Danehy-Oakes: Lee,  Jesus' concern/love for the poor/common man was
> actually a
>
> >continuation/ confirmation of what several of the Prophets in the Old
> Testament had said
>
> >on the subject.
>
>
> Sure, of course. Makes sense.
>
>
> >It would not be at all accurate to say that Second Temple Judaism was
> centered on "reverence for
>
> >wealth, power, and inherited social status." Indeed, the Law made a
> number of exceptions, especially
>
> >in the matter of required sacrifices, for the poor.
>
>
> Not to be argumentative, but as you note, these were "exceptions" for the
> poor. Meaning the general
>
> rule was that sacrificing a portion of your wealth WAS an essential part
> of being a good jew, at the time.
>
> And who got that portion of your wealth? The ruling class of the
> priesthood.
>
>
> Concomitantly, if the admiration of personal wealth and power and status
> wasn't an important part of
>
> Judaic religion at the time, why would Jesus spend so much time preaching
> against it, especially the role
>
> of the priestly castes?
>
>
> Aren't such things a part of human nature? Don't we still hear sermons
> against worshipping money and
>
> power?  I can't imagine that Judean Hebrews were so different about that
> than everyone else, including
>
> we of modern society.
>
>
> I suspect we are not really in disagreement on this issue. Perhaps it is
> only a matter of how things are
>
> worded.
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