is it even possible
2006-09-23 17:12:25 · 28 answers · asked by seancreole 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-09-23 19:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Make a needle that is big enough for a camel to go though ; alter to fit . That is the only way it will be possible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. Also alter the shape of a needle, since camels have humps.
2006-09-24 00:50:11 · answer #2 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are asking about a quote from the Bible and it seems that the eye of the needle was an entrance to an ancient city that a camel had to crawl through. The quote was that it is harder for a rich man to enter heaven than it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.
2006-09-24 02:34:48 · answer #3 · answered by madchriscross 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You hold the needle close to your eye and peer through it. Look! There is the whole camel through the eye of a needle. Works with other things too!
2006-09-24 00:21:12 · answer #4 · answered by Angelina DeGrizz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was at this time smaller gates about the city wall that a man could get through.In order for a camel to get through this gate ( needle ) one had to remove any burden the camel might be caring and then pull the camel through as it got down on it's knees to lower it's self.It could be done but was a difficult task.
2006-09-24 00:32:25 · answer #5 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
LOL. A lot of people take this literal but this was the name of a gate leading into Jerusalem that was so narrow and short that it was called "The eye of a needle."
This statement was an allegory Jesus used as it was very hard to get a camel through the gate, and impossible to get a packed camel through.
Consistent with Jesus teachings, a camel would have to be unloaded in order to pass through the gate. Thus a rich man would have to leave his property behind in order to get into Jerusalem through that gate.
2006-09-24 00:43:40 · answer #6 · answered by Shazaaye Puebla 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Don't know. But i once put a needle in the eye of a camel. Very messy, and the camel seemed annoyed.
2006-09-24 03:27:05 · answer #7 · answered by Smart_Guy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a metaphore. The Eye of a needle is a very small gateway into any castle to any kingdom. People would have to crouch to get in there so to get a camel in there is very difficult but possible. It was a parrable that jesus spoke to the people and his disiples.
2006-09-24 00:28:06 · answer #8 · answered by Cj 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The Eye of the Needle was, in Jesus day, a nickname for a particularly narrow gate in Jerusalem.
2006-09-24 00:17:21 · answer #9 · answered by rich k 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
When my daughter was small she said there would have to be a very large needle...
However this is a metaphor. Read it in context (read the whole book of Matthew study and read the whole bible!!!)
best wishes
2006-09-24 00:58:37 · answer #10 · answered by redeemed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is right. So are those rich and self-sufficient and self-dependence person. They do not need God, and thus it is impossible to enter the Heaven.
By the way, that 'camel story' is to contrast the 'rich entering heaven' teaching.
2006-09-24 01:54:27 · answer #11 · answered by Melvin C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋