5th Commandment

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>> MATT

>> Jesus was making known to their hearts what they knew in their minds.

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>> PHIPPS

>> Uhhhh. . .  Where to start.  As a former anatomy teacher, I feel

>> fairly comfortable stating that the heart is a muscular organ whose

>> primary function is the pumping of blood.  So far as I am aware,

>> no thought processes have been found to be located in the heart.

>> 

>> It is a common literary device to say for instance "follow your 

>> heart", or some such thing.  The bible even speaks of emotional

>> states as residing in the kidneys.   

>> 

>> It's cute but diversionary.  Everything you know, you know with your

>> "mind" (I would actually prefer the more specific "brain"), so for you

>> to imply that they knew something, but didn't know it with

>> their hearts, has no meaning.  It is impossible for me to believe 

>> that you do not know that you are simply making up any excuse you

>> can think of to deny this difficulty.

>> 

>> Think about it,

>> jp

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>MATT

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>OK thought about it a whole minute and will rephrase once more :)

>

>Jesus was making known to their minds experientially what they knew

>theoretically

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>Anyone else wish to split some hairs :)

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>Matt

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NANCY
Farrell already demonstrated that Mary and Joseph should already have know
about Jesus's "mission/vocation" by experience. Another argument down the
toilet with all the rest of the doo-doo Matt has been spewing. (Doo-Doo is
far more lady-like, doncha know.)


Nancy Todd
todds@pa.net

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