Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Good point. I've never given that any thought before.Definitely not a parable - show me just one other parable where he actually uses names of people.
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Good point. I've never given that any thought before.Definitely not a parable - show me just one other parable where he actually uses names of people.
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS (Luke 16) IS NOT A PARABLE
This website says the story of lazarus and the rich man is NOT a parable.I lean more to the jehovah witness religion so I believe it IS a parable.What do you think?Do you believe this website backs up the idea of it not being a parable or not?
Definitely not a parable - show me just one other parable where he actually uses names of people.
Not sure why this is presented as 'to all religions' given that generally the only religion that treats the NT as infallible scripture is Christianity.
A link would be helpful.
All one need do is exist and I'll give an opinion on that.It's a good way to draw in a @Rival opinion.
No, it was Richie Rich.You mean the rich man's name really was "Rich Man"?
Yes, I remember a time (not just a week or a month) when I wondered: is it only a parable, or is it also a real account of an actual man and an actual beggar, even if stylized (in the manner of a vision)?THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS (Luke 16) IS NOT A PARABLE
This website says the story of lazarus and the rich man is NOT a parable.I lean more to the jehovah witness religion so I believe it IS a parable.What do you think?Do you believe this website backs up the idea of it not being a parable or not?
I'm curious, @David1967, why it is "obvious" to you that it's a parable? What was the determining factor in your decision?Obviously a parable, but I'm with @Katzpur on this. I don't think it really matters as the message is the same.
I'm curious, @David1967, why it is "obvious" to you that it's a parable? What was the determining factor in your decision?
...and David1967 I find that Scripture agrees with you because of Jesus' words found at Matthew 13:34.Hi @Katzpur how are you! Ok, to answer your question. IMHO it is structured like a parable, as a story told to make a point. Much more probable than an actual account of real people.
Perhaps the name 'Lazarus' was chosen because the Greek form of that Hebrew name 'Eleazar' means: " God has helped ".Good point. I've never given that any thought before.
Absolutely no as previously documented with references.Yes, in 2019 a consensus was reached that life could not form in oceans.
Why? Something about the
dilution of organics in ocean waters
concentrations of salt which harm biological chemistry
inability to concentrate organics like wetting and drying can
there could be other points, can't remember them now.
There was no "tidal" in the early days, in as much as there
were no shore lines to show the rising and falling of the ocean
Yes, no ice ages, no volcanism, no meteoritic impacts, no super-nova pulses,
no solar events, no collision of Thea to form the moon, no hyper-gas events,
no Decan Traps, no global tsunamis... and I am sure there could have been
a zillion weird events which happened - how about "strange matter" punching
through the earth and orbiting the earth's core?
The bible is a theological book. - it preaches God. The first account in Genesis
gives the reader an overview of it all. First the heavens, then a dark oceanic
world, then light, then land, then life on land and finally life in the sea. That's
good enough to me. It's good enough for a summary of science too.
My real question is why people seem to be so determined that this is not a true story. If it's just a parable, what does it teach beyond what we see on the surface? Generally speaking, parables do have a straightforward meaning that's easy to spot, but also a deeper meaning. What would the deeper meaning of this "parable" be?
It was in 2020 that science finally gained the evidence the first earth was oceanic.
It was in 2019 that scientists came to a consensus that life formed on land rather than in the ocean.
So modern science is catching up with the first account in Genesis:
1 - God created the heavens
2 - and the earth
3 - and the earth was dark and oceanic
4 - and the skies opened
5 - and the continents rose
6 - and life appeared on land
7 - and then in the ocean
8 - and finally, man.
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS (Luke 16) IS NOT A PARABLE
This website says the story of lazarus and the rich man is NOT a parable.I lean more to the jehovah witness religion so I believe it IS a parable.What do you think?Do you believe this website backs up the idea of it not being a parable or not?
Yeah, so have true stories.Parables and lessons in moral stories have existed in all cultures throughout the history of humanity not unsimilar to those found in the Bible.
Yeah, so have true stories.
None of this is in Genesis as you describe. Genesis is in days the history of the earth is in billions of years, and ah . . . where are the vast ice ages in the history of the earth,