A parable is nothing more than a form of using metaphor to cloud the meaning of a story or issue. And while I didn't say Jesus was relaying a parable, he was obscuring what he was saying. He was talking in code on an open channel during wartime trying to tell the guys in the field, "the chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache." And he was blatent in saying to the apostles that this is exactly what he was doing because it wasnt' given to the unbelievers to know or understand. That was only given to the believers and the Apostles more specifically.
So, again, you're begging credulity that Eisenhower didn't just lay out the D-Day invasion plans to the Nazis and nazi sympathizers. Do you think about this stuff?
furthermore, I know quite well what prejudice is - which is why I took you to task on it.
1
a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
b. A preconceived preference or idea.
2. The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions. See Synonyms at predilection.
3. Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion.
4. Detriment or injury caused to a person by the preconceived, unfavorable conviction of another or others.
Just as you don't know what prejudice is, you're projecting on what worship is. You certainly don't know what veneration is. So, project and hide. If you think that helps your position, then cradle your delusion and suffer.
True - in bizarro world.
Sorry, but this is so opposite the purpose of using parables - or metaphors - that it... well, I'm speechless.
For one who quotes the dictionary more than the word of God, one does keep mum when one's dictionary meanings are wrong or when ones "facts" are proven wrong.