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I see this quoted a lot whenever there is discussion of wealth. However, as with all verses, the context is important as well as the follow up verses. This is n
by zippie 7y ago
I see this quoted a lot whenever there is discussion of wealth. However, as with all verses, the context is important as well as the follow up verses. This is not in defense of.
17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’” “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?” Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:17-26 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Matthew%2019:17-26&version=NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Matthew%2019:17-...
- darkerside 7y agoThis can be read as meaning that your wealth will be left behind when you die, so you are no longer rich.
- anonsivalley652 7y agoActually, I think a more apropos saying is: Unless the children were looting their elder's estate before the burial, there's no U-Haul behind a hearse.
- xtracto 7y agoAs an atheist I love reading these passages.. it is amazing how people in this day and age are trying to find "meanings" from a book full of the stories of one person... who lived 2000+ years ago.. imagine if someone tried to find meaning in Beckhams biography 2000 years from now...
- adaisadais 7y agoI guess you could say the same about people that look to stoicism or people that believe in res publica.
- prepend 7y agoThere’s lots of wisdom in old texts. Plato is 2000+ years old. Heroditus. Confucius. Rumi is almost a 1000. Beckham is a football player and isn’t known for writing down (or saying) wisdom. But I can definitely imagine people reading Marx and Darwin and Hayek 2000 years from now. Biographies and published text.
- kristopolous 7y agoThere's things just as thoughtful that were written in the past 10 years. The things you cited are famous for being famous, like some celebrity of the ages. Just like the Mona Lisa was famous for getting stolen and returned, then this was forgotten about but it remained famous, but now just because it was famous previously.
- seneca 7y agoAnd how much Plato and Herodotus have you read? Nearly all of Western intellectual history pretty strongly disagrees with your argument.
- kristopolous 7y agoWhat a juvenile question.
- prepend 7y agoPerhaps, but this is the first time I’ve heard someone refer to Hayek as “famous for being famous.” I’m not sure if you’re arguing that there’s nothing old that is wise. Or if people are really smart now. Or all knowledge is just repeated over and over. I don’t think it’s very productive to argue that the Mona Lisa is the most beautiful painting. But I certainly find it pleasing and beautiful. Are there recent paintings as beautiful? Maybe, but I’m not aware of them so they don’t help me. Maybe there are recent books as useful as Origin of Species or Republic. But I, and many others, haven’t read them so they are potentially useful if discovered and used. While objectively true is the fact that these historical books have been discovered and used. So I’m not surprised that people find wisdom in historical books or that books that many find useful remain popular for centuries and millennia. I don’t think this is a reason to not search for additional wisdom. And I certainly wouldn’t claim they are the ultimate in wisdom.