Camel Through A Needle's Eye

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CARTER

> ...the main criteria would be simple CONTEXT and

> COMMON SENSE. You'll notice that Till has totally tucked his tail and ran

> from my challenge to prove the universal application of Christ's command to

> the rich man. So until someone can rationally demonstrate where I am wrong

> in my exegesis, I will not address this topic.


XAVIER
If I recall correctly, after Jesus makes the remark that it is easier
for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of heaven, don't the apostles ask, "then how is it
possible for ANYONE to be saved?"

Apparently, the apostles understood Jesus' statement concerning the ease
with which the rich can get to heaven to be universally applicable
(otherwise they would have asked, "then how is it possible for THIS man
to be saved?").

(Why do I bother? Of course, after some appeals to ancient customs,
reading the "original" text, an understanding of technical issues in
translating from koine Greek to English, liguistic analysis, word
etymology, etc., etc. the "real" meaning of the camel and the needle's
eye versuses will show it means something completely different than what
I think it means.)

R. Xavier Osorio

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