"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter Heaven?"
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Sorry, all that that statement means is that it is difficult for a person with material wealth to get into heaven becuase he will be tempted to trust in those things than in God.  That is all it means.
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First,  it is a good thing that you question, and don't believe what you have quote about Jesus.\n\nI will start with what Jesus said.  He said you can't serve two lords, money and God,  a person must put his faith in God, and not money over God.  Quote:"It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of the needle than a rich man can enter Heaven."  forgive any mistakes, it is not word by word quote, but Jesus wanted us to know that we should be serving God, not money.  FYI, the eye of the needle refers to one of the gates to Jerusalem.  The door is small, and camels couldn't enter through that gate without bending over, and for camels that is impossible.  \nYou can't buy your way into heaven, nor get your sin forgiven by paying for it.  Jesus preached kindness, justice, and advocated charity to all the needy.  It is required for a Christian to give to the poor.  He also said, whatever you give you will get in return, same as Karma.\nHuman gas factors! where not churches they were a places of hate, a places of destruction, not a places of worship.\n\nAs for the Killing!  It is not Christianity that called for the killing of others, whether it is Muslims or any other people, it is people who are the killers.  If you look,  you will find that the Christians are not the one who are killing the Muslims, but the other way around.   Some Muslims are killing Christian, Buddhist  and Hindus.  Some of them kill because they believe that is what their religion ask them to do, and some translate the Quran in a way to suit the purpose of the day.  The Muslims are the one who calls for conquring the world, and converting the whole world into Islam, not Christians.\n\nI believe in my faith because of Jesus Christ.  How he lived his life, how he treated others, Didn't lead a single war, even thou at his time they were under the control of the Romain, but never took violence to solve it.  Never owned a human being, not one slave.  Treated everyone as equal.  He practiced what he preached, among many more reasons.\n\nTo me it is The religion, but it doesn't discount nor discredit other religion who do ask for human rights to be respected, and justice for all.\n\nA true religion to me is the religion which ask its' faithful to treat each others as they would they want them to be treated.  To love one another, no matter who or what they are.  The name of the religion is not important, it is what people do with their faith is the most important.\n\nPeace to one and ALL
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The Bible is not clear on that...but God wants us to be right with Him for those types of hopes.\nThere are numerous examples of animals associated with heaven (including 2 Kings 2:11, Revelation 5:13 and 19:11-14) or the “new creation” (Isaiah 65:17-25).\nStill, the question is “were these animals new creations or do these animals include reborn earthly creatures?” \nBoth mankind and animals are formed from the ground (Genesis 2:7, 19). This reveals that the physical bodies of both are similar, but it does not tell us about their immortality. \nGod’s covenant with Noah included both people and animals (Genesis 9:9-11). However, that covenant was not one of eternal life, but that He would not again destroy the earth with a flood. \nThe fourth commandment as recorded in Deuteronomy 5:12-15 includes a Sabbath rest for animals as well as people. Again, it reveals some equality between people and animals, but makes no statement regarding animals going to heaven. \nGod takes care of both men and animals (see Matthew 6:26 and Psalm 104—verses 14 and 27-30 in particular). Although death is mentioned in Psalm 104:29, we learn nothing regarding an afterlife. \nAt some future time, Christ (a Rod from the stem of Jesse) will bring about a time of peace where all animals and man will be in harmony (Isaiah 11:1-9). Still, the description is not necessarily of heaven, and these animals are not necessarily reborn animals. \nNotice the recurring theme, although animals are our “equals” in some ways, none of these passages tells us anything about whether an animal has eternal life.\nI'll end with hope...\nIn Ecc 3:19-22\nFor that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. \nAll go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. \nWho knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? \nWherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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They swithced camels, so the camel that would get there first would be the other one, so the person who got there first would win.\nso basicly the shiek told them to swicht camels
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I never understood it either.  I think Christ is one way to get to Heaven, but there are other ways too.  I don't think God would look at me and say, did Jesus check you in?  No?  Then leave!  I think that if the stories about Christ are true, then he was a good man and a very spiritually advanced being.  But not the only way into Heaven.\n\nBlessed be.
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If we believe in God and have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior then our standards change and the things that we consider to be riches are different than those of non-believers.  I am not rich in money and have NEVER had a new car.  All my furniture is second hand and I live in an apt.  To others it may seem like I am poor.  But, I have a very abundant, rich life and I couldn't be happier even if I did have  millions of dollars.
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This is a very interesting & thought provoking question - especially since we all know the common phrase.  However, I don't really have an answer other than agreeing with the fact that a horse is more valuable alive, but then again, cows aren't exactly cheap.
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uh did anybody bother reading the story or is this another misquote?\nmoses went up 3 times first to get the tablets of the big 10 (there are 613 in total) on the way down he broke em (why is long story)\n2nd time to obtain forgiveness for the golden calf\n3 time were instructions on building the tabernacle
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First of all, it's an allegory to the fall of Russia, not an alliteration. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. As for what Orwell is saying, the story is about communism. In communism, the individual makes sacrifices for the society; rather than working for his own good, he works for the good of everyone, and takes no more than his fair share. The hard-working horse (I forgot his name) does everything he can for the society, and gives all he can. Going the other way, society has an obligation to keep each individual at an equal standard of living - nobody is lower than anybody else.
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A speaker from the "freedom from religion" foundation spoke at my college a few years ago.  He proposed that, because it is more logical to believe God is fiction, but less heartwarming, maybe God will only reward those who have the courage NOT to believe in Him.
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I'm not sure about all the rest, I just want to know,  Did he fill his camel up with regular, or premium??
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The second quote is from the bible....And its so very true....The most painful and frightening exercise, one can do, is looking inside one's soul....
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By only reading a portion of the Bible or just a verse is not the intention. Matthew 19:21 "Jesus said to him, " If you want to be PERFECT, go sell what you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me." Matthew 19:23 " Then Jesus said to his disciples, " Amen I say to you, it will be HARD for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. \nThis was given by Jesus to a young man who had thought he had done everything to enter heaven, Jesus tells him to be "perfect" he should get rid of all earthly possessions. Secondly it says "hard" for a rich person to enter heaven, not impossible.
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First, this is in answer to a specific question regarding the heart of the rich person.  Jesus told him to sell everything he had and follow Jesus.  Jesus said this because He knew the young man's heart was with his riches.  \n\nSecond, they  'eye of the needle' was an opening in the outer defensive wall of Jerusalem.  When the main gates were closed, to enter the city, a camel had to be unpacked and led through the opening on it's knees.  Difficult, but not impossible.\n\nThird, over 99 per cent of the people living in the United States are in the top 5 per cent of wealth when considered world wide.
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To tell his father that this is his brother's camel when he reach the city.
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one hump, two humps... it's the quality of the camel that matters.
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Not really. God knows His sheep. If it allows even the opportunity to bring up the subject for intelligent debate... why not? The angel said, "I bring tidings of great joy which is for all the earth." Even the atheist? Yes, even more so. Jesus said, "the doctor does not come for the healthy, but for the sick." I saw a friend of mine who was a Zen Buddist. He wished me a Merry Christmas. I greeted back with Merry Zenmas. We both laughed and patted each other on the back. Christmas is too joyous a time to get up in arms.