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Atheists & Agnostics

Warren Stupidity

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3. You have to seek the inner gibberish.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2015, 02:40 PM

Apr 2015

Traditional Christian exegesis regarding these accounts include affirmation of the Divinity of Jesus by demonstrating his authority over nature. Traditional Reformed thinking states that this event was a sign given by Jesus of the end of the exclusive covenant between God and the Jews - see also Supersessionism. According to this interpretation, the tree is a metaphor for the Jewish nation i.e. it had the outward appearance of godly grandeur (the leaves), but it was not producing anything for God's glory (the lack of fruit).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursing_the_fig_tree
See? Now it all makes (non)sense.

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The Bible is super-honest and must therefore be true. (comic) [View all] DetlefK Apr 2015 OP

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