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Y hubo personitas que excavaron ternura de mi alma. Extrajeron cariño donde a simple vista se sentía muerte.
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How can you tell?
When you read the Bible, you’re going to run into a lot of ideas about it.
Some of them are helpful. Some of them are just weird. Some of them are anything but helpful.
Some of the most harmful? The ones that boil down to making the Bible say what you want it to.
Sadly, no one has a monopoly on abusing the Bible this way. The people who do it come from every political and theological corner you can think of.
One of the worst? Picking and choosing what parts of the Bible to read literally (this happened, here’s what God said, etc.) and what parts to read as allegory or myth (a story is being told to make a point, a legend that reveals something about God, etc.).
Not that we shouldn’t do that. We should read the literal stuff as literal and the allegories as allegory. It’s just that some of the ideas about how to do that are so easily abused.
And easily used to abuse.
So how can you tell?
It’s easier than you think. You don’t need a degree in literature or theology.
Because you’re already doing it. Here’s what I mean:
“A sower went out to so some seed. And as he sowed, some of the seed fell on…”
Right. Before Jesus unpacks it, you know that this one is an allegory. It has that “once upon a time” feel to it.
But even if the farmer was an actual person, that’s not why Jesus is telling the story.
Jesus is not critiquing first century agricultural practices. Jesus is using the story to make a point. And we all know it.
Today’s Gospel is the bread of life discourse, where Jesus tells people that He is the bread of life. And then goes on to explain exactly what He means.
There are a lot of people who want this to be an allegory. For a lot of reasons.
It’s not.
How can I say that? How can you tell that Jesus is being literal about this one?
The reactions it gets. And way the way Jesus responds to those reactions.
The first time Jesus announces that He is the bread of life, no one who heard it understood it as an allegory.
How do I know this? Their reaction – “How can this man give us his Flesh to eat?”
Making it clear that they have it right, that this is no metaphor, Jesus doesn’t explain the symbolism (like He does with the parable of the sower).
Instead (in tomorrow’s Gospel), Jesus doubles down on what He said, on what they’re hanging up on. “Unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, you do not have life within you.”
Making it clear that they understood Jesus to be speaking literally?
The way that people respond to Jesus doubling down - many of them quit following Jesus and leave.
That’s not how people respond to an allegory. Nobody leaves after Jesus explains the parable of the sower.
If you ever wondered why Catholics are so hung up on the Eucharist? Why we believe what we believe?
This is what’s behind it.
We’re just taking Jesus at His word. And then trying to live it.
That’s the formula for everything that’s right about our Faith. And something we cannot do enough.
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#Literal#Allegory#Bread of Life#Taking Jesus at His Word#Living the Faith#Eucharist#God#Jesus#Catholic#Christian#Church#Catholicism#Moments Before Mass
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had a random idea for a cursed sword and paladin who are married
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#bruh dodging and climbing#then kickass music the second galf#lets not forget that third!#ffxvi spoilers#ffxvi#ff#spoilers#titan#titan lost#clive#clive rosfield#ifrit#hugo kupka#benedikta harman#garuda#literal#asuras wrath#epic
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 - 10:27pm.
When you’re early to the shindig and you have to wait for your friends to arrive.
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If sharks names were literal! I actually really like these interpretations! Still unsure though about the last?
#literal#shark names#shark blog#sharks#shark post#tiger shark#hammerhead shark#leopard shark#zebra shark#bull shark#nurse shark#saw shark
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#frida kahlo#kahlo#artist#wordplay#fine art#art#painting#literal#wrong hands#john atkinson#webcomic#humor
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#literal#jason#te quiero#humor#meme#memes#memeslatinos#memes en español#gatos#originalgatuneadas#michi#mishis
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The fact that this group of 5-10 year olds are cooler than I could ever be is my thirteenth reason.
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El giro me ha matao 🤣
#modeos#model#balenciaga#models#fashion#lol#xd#humor#true#verdad#real#literal#video#sfw#fail#wtf#omg#lmao#funny#fails
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Well, I suppose I'll write that smut later.
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[looking at Yvette's spreadsheet]
Rhys: What is this?
Yvette: Everyone I met at last year's corporate retreat.
Yvette: Names, emails, and one dark secret per person for possible future blackmailing.
Vaughn: Well, you're a well-organized sociopath.
Yvette: If you're over 30 and don't have a spreadsheet of everyone you've ever met, you're behind in life.
#Literal#borderlands#tales from the borderlands#rhys the company man#yvette the lunch leech#vaughn the money man#incorrect borderlands quotes#source: corporate#submission#submitted by anonymous
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