Posted: Jan 05, 2012 6:54 pm
Fine, but why did he choose to tell them right after, that not only could they themselves make fig trees whither, but they could even move mountains with their faith (instead of explaining what the metaphor was about)?
It reads like a magician doing a card trick, and then telling his spectators "If you truly believe in magic, not only will you be able to move all the Kings of diamond to the center of the deck while randomly shuffling it like I just did, but you will be able to saw women in half as well." - - - - when the actual reason he did the card trick was as a parable about the centralization of power.
It reads like a magician doing a card trick, and then telling his spectators "If you truly believe in magic, not only will you be able to move all the Kings of diamond to the center of the deck while randomly shuffling it like I just did, but you will be able to saw women in half as well." - - - - when the actual reason he did the card trick was as a parable about the centralization of power.