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Didn't reactionaries flip it that he was actually referring to a gate or some shit to cover up the fact that they ain't getting into heaven.
the gates of the city or something yeah
endless cope from the cult of mammon
Yeah, it's a gate that any camel can get through by kneeling, because it's small but not too small.
Why ancient cities reliant on camel based trade would make camel travel a huge pain in the ass I have no idea. Why they would ever call their weird gate "the eye of a needle" is also beyond me. Why someone doing a translation wouldn't translate it as "a small gate, but not, you know, too small" is also beyond me.
But the wild thing, is that theoretically you have to humble yourself at least, and these evangelical a Mammonites could never in a thousand years. Sure they'll claim to be humble before God at least, but he specifically told you to be nice to poor people, and "the only individual better than me is literally God" is in fact an unbelievably arrogant statement.
If there is a hell, these people are definitely going there.
Afaik the gate thing is made up and he literally meant a sewing needle.
That passage would be so funny if it meant "it's kinda difficult but not particularly" like why even include it
Oh 100%, the gate thing is complete self serving nonsense, "The entirety of the bourgeoisie is inherently hellbound" is just such a hard sell to right wing American Christians.
the full story is 1. somehow even more anti-rich than the usually quoted line and 2. rly funny
"If you want to be perfect sell everything you own, give the money to the poor, and follow me" is my favorite line in the bible right now.
bible has lotsa misses, but what it gets right it gets rly right
I'm personally partial to some of the laws
(tho the books of laws are full of some of the most horrible parts of the book too
)
A pedestrian gate specifically designed to be too small to admit livestock has both general traffic and military applications.
But I've also heard "camel" meant "camel hair rope" and a few other variants. The core message remains "obnoxiously difficult" and anyone suggesting otherwise is lying
I think it's so funny that they interpret it as this Trump-esque diatribe where Jesus just sort of pointlessly rambles about a gate he knows.
I don't even remember if they had actually looked that up or something
Yes. I was literally taught that in school lol. There is a gate in Jerusalem called "The eye of the needle" but it's in the wall that was built way after Jesus times and there's no evidence it existed at the time
Matthew 19:23 is even more explicit:
I'm still completely baffled by reactionaries who profess Christianity; like why go through all the extra mental work to justify ur reactionaryness??? Weirdos