A Theory of Heaven and Hell

we can read too much into what a person says. think in simpler terms. he is thinking? but not how you are thinking? each person thinks differently -- down different roads, with different ideas and and thoughts and different dna and beliefs. if we presume another means this and that by one word and another word, that could be very wrong and we would be vastly misunderstanding another.

Simply that you utilise what you call metaphorical language to assert an idea - that in other threads you assert plainly. Lands End to John O Groats (1000 miles) - I would have thought that you would appreciate the metaphor.

How is Jesus a Goat?

Yes we could - but I have quoted him and not presumed anything. I have asked for clarification and not given meaning. This is a Christian forum not a political forum so no apologies for refusing psychological precepts, cultural precepts and politically ambitious precepts set into a socialist framework.

Jesus chose His own way, and it was very different to that of the religious authorities of the time.

Best wishes, 2RM.

If you need a pee then go and have one. Your Armerican
Jesus did NOT choose His own way. He was sent in obedience to the Father.

Is that (above quote of yours) your entire meaning?

Pretty much. We just seem to have differing ideas about the meaning and importance of integrity.

Best wishes, 2RM.

You make a subtle effort - Class I for that. But you haven't really explained very much in truth. If your entire meaning to the numerous references to your own words amounts to no more than saying that Jesus chose his own way - and you have missed that Jesus was obedient to the whole Sharia'h of Torah Law - that He was rejected by Israel yet first appeared in the Temple as a child just before his 13th year - when he was marvelled at by the same temple priests and lawyers - you may have missed that Jesus did not choose His own way - but depended entirely upon the Father to lead men to Him. The parables were introduced not as metaphors but as a means of making the separation - in obedience to a prophecy of Isaiah. Beginning at the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit by the Pharisees.

Still - it is what it is. Shalom

Not really.

Spinning theories is nice mental exercise, but you have a lot of theories that directly contradict a LOT of what the Bible says. And you spin these theories with the airy confidence of One Who Knows. And you blithely dismiss anybody who contradicts you by spinning MORE theories.

You're talking through your hat, which is easily done on an internet forum. Out there in real life, where the rubber meets the road, it has no practical value.