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Didn't think I'd see camels going through needle eyes on HN today, but here we are!
by padobson 3y ago
Didn't think I'd see camels going through needle eyes on HN today, but here we are!
- LeFantome 3y agoBig assumption that people are going to get that reference
- the_only_law 3y ago[flagged]
- ratsimihah 3y agoi google it and it worked out
- jasonladuke0311 3y agoCrazy huh? Almost like a peculiar arrangement of words might be referenced elsewhere.
- joenot443 3y agoIt's among the most famous of Christian metaphors, I'd actually be surprised if it went over the head of a well-read individual.
- meetingthrower 3y agoDid you know "needles eye" does not refer to sewing needle? I'm told it actually referred to something like a cattle gate. So the message is actually "hard but not impossible..."
- krapp 3y agoAccording to Wikipedia, there's no actual evidence for such a gate, so this seems like apocrypha meant to soften the message. But given that we're talking about the man who preached "give up everything you have and follow me" and "let the dead bury their own dead" I'd favor the more radical interpretation being the most likely. edit: Oh yeah, parable of the talents, too.
- worthless-trash 3y agoLet the dead bury their own dead, soooo zombies ?
- krapp 3y agoIt was Jesus' answer to a follower who wanted to attend a family funeral. Jesus was saying that to follow him means separating yourself from the world to the point of considering even your own family to be dead to you.
- worthless-trash 3y agoAh, I don't know why, but that just feels so heartless.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoAn individual or a Christian individual? I guess it’s far fetched weird assumption either way.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoWhile religion is on the decline in the US, Christianity is still the dominants religion, and it's a famous parable. And this is an American, English-language website; it's not crazy to think that much of the population has heard the saying. HN is also a cyber-entrepreneur website, and if there is anyone willing to disregard that saying extra hard they're here too...