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Related: About this forumReligion In The Comics - 028
Here's an interesting tale. I guess parable is another word for lying. There is no way this ever happened. So what lesson can be learned from this lie?
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Religion In The Comics - 028 (Original Post)
Cartoonist
Jun 2015
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edhopper
(34,810 posts)1. I get the point of the parable
yeah, yeah yeah, you get saved no matter when you accept Jeebus.
But it is obvious that the new NT God is still an unfair SOB.
And the asshole owner (God) will now have workers who will only work an hour a day. Why work more if you make the same.
The lesson, do whatever you want in life, steal, lie, fornucate, kill, just accept Jeebus before you are done.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)5. But it is obvious that the new NT God is still an unfair SOB.
He's a SOCIALIST!
(and a hamster)
edhopper
(34,810 posts)6. love the dramatic hamster.
mr blur
(7,753 posts)2. "Beware of rich wankers in green hats?"
"Always try to be last and make as much money as the poor sods who went first"?
Doesn't make sense.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)3. The parables are ancient gibberish that can only be understood
by translation into modern gibberish.
Gigo - the gibberish in gibberish out hermeneutical parable translation engine, also know as "modern religion".
Cartoonist
(7,531 posts)4. Useful gibberish
By being meaningless gibberish, it can be used to illustrate any position you want.