Topic: Jesus curses a fig tree.

green started this discussion 13 years ago #25,909

12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, â€œMay no one ever eat fruit from you again.â€ And his disciples heard him say it.

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!KThEOwLwbU joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #392,948

fuck trees
get dolla

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #392,949

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #392,968

What lesson is the Bible trying to teach here? Fig trees are evil for not producing figs out of season? All this does is make Jesus look stupid and petty.

Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #392,969

I don't give a fuck, I was eating a fig when I read your fucking headline.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 11 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #392,971

In his defense, figs are kinda disgusting.

green (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #392,982

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)

I have figs, they are very delicious.
Jesus could turn rocks into bread.

Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #392,985

If you truly want to understand this matter this article will help.

http://tinyurl.com/a4cu5dh

squeegee joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #392,988

@previous (Icarus !!fxtF/31b/)
> jesus didn't "curse" anything, he performed a negative miracle
> jesus din't destroy someone elses property, being the son of god all the universe belongs to him.
> jesus didn't curse a fruitless tree out of spite, it was a metaphor for how the old jewish ways wouldn't come back into popular practice. He just needed to... Kill a tree out of spite... To prove a point to his followers who already believed him.

Idk, seems petty, jesus. Seems real petty.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 39 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #392,991

@previous (squeegee)
Okay, this is the craziest explanation for something that Ive heard in a long time. negative miracle?

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 16 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #392,995

It's a metaphor. The fig tree represents Judaism. It is beautiful and strong, and yet it bears no fruit.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #392,999

@previous (J)
I dunno, my rabbi was pretty fruity.

Anonymous J replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,002

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
By fruit, he means nothing you could benefit from spiritually. Jeesh, take a class in poetry.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 13 years ago, 51 seconds later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,003

@previous (J)
I was making a joke about my gay rabbi!

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Anonymous J replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,005

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
And your joke sucked.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 13 years ago, 57 seconds later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,006

@previous (J)
No. I laughed at it so it accomplished its goal.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 18 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,016

@393,005 (J)
It was a little funny.

@392,995 (J)
It's just how the Bible tells it as if it was an actual event, like he really went up to a tree and berated it for not having fruit out of season. All I'm taking from this is that Jesus was a bit of a weirdo. A modern version might have him walking up to a ice cream stand and saying that they should go out of business and die because they didn't have his favourite flavour.

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Anonymous I replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,017

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
It is like that. Any time that someone reads something in the bible that sounds mean or crazy, they say that it never happened but was just a lesson for everyone.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,019

@previous (I)
Religion is much easier to defend when you just write the weirder stuff off as a "metaphor". If it was all taken completely literally, then this and stuff like it would just make Jesus sound crazy.

Anonymous I replied with this 13 years ago, 20 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,027

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Most of it seems crazy, to be honest. So when people quote the bible as a source for scientific, fact or moral teachings, it just makes no sense.

Anonymous J replied with this 13 years ago, 47 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,028

@393,019 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> Implying the whole of religion is anything more than a metaphor.

Protip: it's only the crazies who believe otherwise.

Anonymous I replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,031

@previous (J)
There are a lot of crazies, and they try and push legislation to teach their wackiness in public schools.

Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 13 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #393,217

@393,028 (J)
Do you believe Jesus existed?

Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #393,238

Christianity began as Gnosticism actually. Yahweh is The Devil, the material world is bad, Gospel of Judas, etc.

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Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 34 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #393,241

@393,017 (I)
I wonder how they justify stuff like this, then. Not really much room for metaphor in these.

http://agnosticreview.com/cultleader.htm

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx double-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #393,242

@393,217 (K)
My theory is that he did exist, but was just a cult leader type that was really successful.

squeegee !first/o5zA joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #393,260

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
yeah, like that Mormon dude, or the scientology guy.

Anonymous I replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #393,273

@393,241 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Um, yeah he definitely sounds like crazy cult leader.

Anonymous I double-posted this 13 years ago, 19 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #393,274

@393,260 (squeegee !first/o5zA)
Joseph Smith, and L Ron Hubbard.

Minichan