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Youth Group Question From Last Night: God can’t allow sin into heaven? (OnTopic-No bible verses please)
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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4817634" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>You asked if I disagreed, and I did. Is Jonah a story about a guy who got swallowed by a fish? Yep. Partly correct. Is it a story about God's mercy? Yep. 100% correct. Is it a living metaphor for Jesus' impending sacrifice and resurrection? Yep. 100% correct. Is it about how crappy the people of Nineveh were? Partly correct, but not very meaningful.</p><p></p><p>In the parable of the talents, was Jesus telling a story about investing money? Yes, 100% correct. Did it have a deeper meaning, yep. All of his parables did. Can you learn multiple different, equally true lessons from what he said. You sure can. Did he have a single meaning in mind when he taught the parable. Probably, and that meaning could be considered the only "correct" interpretation. But if other interpretations impart equally true understanding, who is to say those are not also correct?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I told you to answer. Doesn't matter. The point is you think you are absolutely correct when it comes to what it takes to be a Christian (I removed true this time so as not to be confusing). You have your take on what the scripture says, maybe a lot of people agree with you. But to believe that your take is 100% correct is prideful, at best.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Changing the subject. Has no relevance to what I said. Being honest about what you believe is fine, thinking you have it all figured out is being dishonest to yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4817634, member: 63706"] You asked if I disagreed, and I did. Is Jonah a story about a guy who got swallowed by a fish? Yep. Partly correct. Is it a story about God's mercy? Yep. 100% correct. Is it a living metaphor for Jesus' impending sacrifice and resurrection? Yep. 100% correct. Is it about how crappy the people of Nineveh were? Partly correct, but not very meaningful. In the parable of the talents, was Jesus telling a story about investing money? Yes, 100% correct. Did it have a deeper meaning, yep. All of his parables did. Can you learn multiple different, equally true lessons from what he said. You sure can. Did he have a single meaning in mind when he taught the parable. Probably, and that meaning could be considered the only "correct" interpretation. But if other interpretations impart equally true understanding, who is to say those are not also correct? I told you to answer. Doesn't matter. The point is you think you are absolutely correct when it comes to what it takes to be a Christian (I removed true this time so as not to be confusing). You have your take on what the scripture says, maybe a lot of people agree with you. But to believe that your take is 100% correct is prideful, at best. Changing the subject. Has no relevance to what I said. Being honest about what you believe is fine, thinking you have it all figured out is being dishonest to yourself. [/QUOTE]
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