How about when he fed the multitudes with , what was it 5 fish?Is that just a metaphor, Christian?
2007-02-05 05:14:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When it sounds totally bats**t crazy, or when it makes living in today's society uncomfortable.. then it's metaphor.
When they can use it to say you're an awful sinner, or use it to "prove" his divinity... then it's literal.
2007-02-05 05:19:09 · answer #1 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A metaphor was used to compare the Kingdom of Heaven to everyday happenings that went on around in society. Literal speach was used for admonishment, correction, and for things that Jesus wanted to make very clear.
2007-02-05 05:45:40 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discernment
http://www.spirithome.com/discrnmt.html
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2007-02-05 05:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by larrydoyle52 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus said not to cast pearls before swine it was a metaphor. When he said "Go not unto the gentiles" it was literal. They both mean the same thing.
2007-02-05 05:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can you tell what Jesus actually said and what was just attributed to Him? The whole Lord's Prayer is said to be a compilation of other saying's of His.
2007-02-05 05:19:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When he said I AM and he didnt create anything from scratch...hes just using metaphorically.
Words and actions dont match....thats metaphor.
2007-02-05 05:21:04 · answer #6 · answered by Antares 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the passages where He uses the word "like" or "as" that kinda defines a metaphor.
2007-02-05 05:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by HAND 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When it's just too crazy to be taken seriously, he's speaking in metaphor.
2007-02-05 05:18:09 · answer #8 · answered by Contemplative Monkey 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
two fishes and five loaves of bread, he did this twice. Jesus had to break things down for us stupid humans so that we could understand what he said.
2007-02-05 05:18:50 · answer #9 · answered by Slider 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If his metaphoric lips are moving, he's lying.
2007-02-05 05:22:48 · answer #10 · answered by Devil in Details 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋