To: annalex
He also said "this is my body" and "this is my blood". That was said in the present tense.HE also called the Pharisees VIPERS in the present tense.
Try; without using silence; to explain the difference.
184 posted on
02/27/2016 12:09:12 PM PST by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
Calling people animals is a well-established method of allegorical speech; saying “eat, this is my body” has no such precedent and was not taken allegorically by anyone listening. The whole group of disciples left because Jesus insisted He was not speaking in allegories in John 6.
203 posted on
02/27/2016 2:04:25 PM PST by
annalex
(fear them not)
To: Elsie
He also said "this is my body" and "this is my blood". That was said in the present tense. HE also called the Pharisees VIPERS in the present tense. Try; without using silence; to explain the difference. ThAT WOULD BE LIKE CALLING YOU A JACKASS WITHOUT EVER INSINUATING THAT YOU WERE A DONKEY.
264 posted on
02/27/2016 7:44:47 PM PST by
terycarl
(COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVERALL!)
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