01-20-2019, 09:05 AM
(01-18-2019, 04:15 AM)IainH Wrote: Literal interpreters of Scripture can come up some silly notions.
This comes from our former Pastor and used to make me cringe when he said it from the pulpit occasionally. I shall paraphrase
" If I knew how many people were alive when God sealed Noah and his family into the arc, I could tell you when the Lord will return because Jesus said "As it was in the days of Noah.... ". Now, that's just plain nutty.
If you've got any silly stuff like the "Noah Equation" do share.
The "camel through the eye of a needle" thing. I've heard many interpretations of that, and I haven't bothered to look up what the real one is. The literal interpretation, referring to an actual sewing needle head with the loop at the top, might be the correct one (it paints a silly, exaggerated picture that Jesus employed often), but I don't think that's what was intended.