So the healing of blindness by Jesus was a literal fulfillment of a prophecy that was intended figuratively? What does this say about the hermeneutics of the canonical gospel authors?
He probably meant that if you are blind, then you can take Christ’s Hand, and He will lead you through the valley of darkness.
Like Virgil in the Inferno
You can trust Him to guide you through Hell. The meaning is both literal, metaphorical, and allegorical.
Who probably meant that? Isaiah who lived centuries before Jesus of Nazareth was born?
The 25 words or less version please.
Oh, yeah, and a context.
What Good News from what Kingdom?
And what if others insist it is actually Bad News because it does not reflect the Good News from their own [very different] Kingdom?
The darkness is ignorance… not knowing any better… living wayward lives, etc. etc. etc… hence only the chosen (good) few, being led to the promised land. This was an emulation of the, older, Eastern religions.
Agreed, Mags J and ‘Eastern’ is such a loaded durection, lol.
Figuratively & phenomenologically have different meanings, as you, yourself, well know.
p.s. I am allergic to all hint of Hermes now. What do I do? lol Exegesis.
You might want to read the stuff at the link in the original post. He was talking about/to leadership who should have “known”.
Easy link to grab for some of that:
openbible.info/labs/cross-r … ark+8%3A18
All is not lost. That was the whole reason he came.
Take 1: We are loved despite our crap (good or evil) by a God who died and rose again to write it in his own blood.
“What if?” What if they’re wrong?
Abraham left Ur to go to Canaan. Then the fam moved to Egypt & eventually back. Even Jesus went to Egypt & back.
The Tao. The Way. See the end of C.S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man. There is truth in anything that speaks to the soul. Why do we sometimes feel we need to mess with it? Instead, all of our messing with should be a leaning in towards the true eternal.
I hope I am included on the 11th & 13th. Embrace the awkward.
Take 2: to be on the alert for the master’s return is to go beyond mere ought/law/judgment - to forgiveness/grace/mercy - to go forth & pay it forward (what you have received) so it can multiply
Take 1: We are loved despite our crap (good or evil) by a God who died and rose again to write it in his own blood.
“What if?” What if they’re wrong?
Take 2: to be on the alert for the master’s return is to go beyond mere ought/law/judgment - to forgiveness/grace/mercy - to go forth & pay it forward (what you have received) so it can multiply
Given a set of circumstances where news from very different Kingdoms come into conflict?
Look, if you are only interested in keeping this up in the “general description spiritual clouds”, fine, stick with all those here similarly inclined.
As with Bob and Ierrellus and felix and phyllo, you can have your own “private and personal” God – Christian or otherwise – to take to the grave.
Me, in a philosophy forum, I’m more into exploring “…the words of Jesus found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church”, pertaining to discussions that revolve around…
1] a demonstrable proof of the existence a God, the God
2] the existence of hundreds spiritual paths to immortality and salvation…only one of which [if any] can be the true path
3] the profoundly problematic role that dasein plays in any particular individual’s religious faith
4] theodicy
Go ahead, ask around.
Well, never shoot the Messenger… a’la Hermes
I don’t need any links, to know!
Is there a competing kingdom that is in any way superior? No. But g’head and shoot your shot. We’ll use the tests of truth on both/all kingdom options, see if anything is left standing in the arena.
You talk a big game for a guy/gal with no superior alternative.
You mean imaginary friend? No, thank you.
“1] a demonstrable proof of the existence a God, the God”
You mean like a universe with a beginning? You mean like something instead of nothing? You mean like the impulse for goodness, beauty/meaning, and truth? You mean like historically verifiable demonstration of love?
“2] the existence of hundreds spiritual paths to immortality and salvation…only one of which [if any] can be the true path”
Well. We’re all immortal. And we’re all only accountable for what we do with the light we’ve been given. Group hug.
“3] the profoundly problematic role that dasein plays in any particular individual’s religious faith”
State the problem as you see it. 25 plain-English words or less 
“4] theodicy”
Same as 3.
They were not chosen based on merit. Need links?
+++2] the existence of hundreds spiritual paths to immortality and salvation…only one of which [if any] can be the true path+++
This is not the case. There is no reason why there can’t be more than one spiritual path, or indeed, as many paths as there are people. And, by the way, salvation is a Christian term. I have no need to be saved from anything.
Loaded, lol… in what way do you mean?
Judaism borrowed much from Egyptian and Eastern religions and practices… just like the Eastern religions and practices borrowed from each other, but… then again, They are of similar ancestry.