tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post4912152944560691968..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: JESUS SAVES ... us from the blindness of literalismSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-25915703482165292792011-03-19T21:46:10.422-07:002011-03-19T21:46:10.422-07:00To Mark B. ---Just making the point that SR's ...To Mark B. ---Just making the point that SR's premise is wrong. Jesus did not heal Nicodemus of his 'blindness' of literal thinking. Because there was no literal thinking. <br /><br />Jesus did not change the thinking of Nicodemus. <br /><br />Jesus tells it straight.... 'I tell you the truth, no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit."<brLGMarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902418111182358582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-30729070643377736142011-03-17T22:01:50.408-07:002011-03-17T22:01:50.408-07:00It seems "Bible believers" take it liter...It seems "Bible believers" take it literally when it hurts someone they dislike and figuratively when it says something that might inconvenience the "Bible believers" when taken literally.<br /><br />It's hardly surprising, then, that no one would take such a position as being anything but naivete, hypocrisy, or a mixture of both, and unworthy of the claims it makes to MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-28409997556747037642011-03-16T20:30:20.233-07:002011-03-16T20:30:20.233-07:00Did Jesus say..."You must be born again throu...Did Jesus say..."You must be born again through your mother's womb?"<br /><br />No, he did not say that. <br /><br />[therefore,] Nicodmeus was not a Literalist. Though, it would have gone much better for him if he had been. <br /><br />Jesus said:<br />"No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again...You must be born of the water and the Spirit..."<br /><br />LGMarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902418111182358582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-59285112330857371802011-03-16T14:12:29.851-07:002011-03-16T14:12:29.851-07:00I really enjoyed reading this post. Nicodemus and ...I really enjoyed reading this post. Nicodemus and Jesus's comment about the wind took on a whole new relevance for me. Thank you for writing. :)the foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534536490714973152noreply@blogger.com