Logicboy03:


A parable doesnt have to be real. Parables are mostly stories used to explain a point.


Anyway, you are free to believe that all Jesus's parables happened in real life. Afterall, you believe in the lies of the virgin birth and ressurection.


Magic

Image123:
What do you then think of Jesus' parables?

Logicboy03:
I'm an atheist but the good Samaritan was EPIC. That was a good story. Unfortunately, the good Samaritan will end up in hell according to most christian preachers today

pastormustwak:
The good samaritan might go to hell because it takes more than godliness to make heaven. It is only the name of Jesus that can save, and not human goodness.

Logicboy03:

Was Jesus a fool to tell the story then?

The parable of the Good Samaritan is a parable told by Jesus and is mentioned in only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to the Gospel of Luke (10:29-37) a traveller (who may or may not be Jewish[1]) is beaten, robbed, and left half dead along the road. First a priest and then a Levite come by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and Jews generally despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man. Jesus is described as telling the parable in response to a question regarding the identity of the "neighbour" which Leviticus 19:18 says should be loved.
Portraying a Samaritan in positive light would have come as a shock to Jesus' audience.[2] It is typical of his provocative speech in which conventional expectations are inverted.[2]
Some Christians, such as Augustine, have interpreted the parable allegorically, with the Samaritan representing Jesus Christ, who saves the sinful soul.[3] Others, however, discount this allegory as unrelated to the parable's original meaning,[3] and see the parable as exemplifying the ethics of Jesus, which have won nearly universal praise, even from those outside the Church.[4]
The parable has inspired painting, sculpture, poetry, and film. The colloquial phrase "good Samaritan," meaning someone who helps a stranger, derives from this parable, and many hospitals and charitable organizations are named after the Good Samaritan.

Logicboy03:


I'm an atheist but the good Samaritan was EPIC. That was a good story. Unfortunately, the good Samaritan will end up in hell according to most christian preachers today

Logicboy03:


I'm an atheist but the good Samaritan was EPIC. That was a good story. Unfortunately, the good Samaritan will end up in hell according to most christian preachers today

davidylan: I firmly believe that the many of the parables alluded to real events that had taken place at some point in jewish history. Its like me trying to convey a point, my allegories are more likely to come from events that both myself and my listener would be fairly conversant with so as to help pass across the point a lot better.

Image123:
well I'm not sure of that, but no one is in top position to say that except Jesus. The Samaritan is commendable.

Finally!
Someone that doesnt condemn the good samaritan to hell!

Image123:
Really? i've never met anyone who condemned the samaritan to hell.

Logicboy03:


Samaritans hated Jews and their god.


If the good samaritan can go to heaven, then a good atheist can.




Furthermore, why would it be your heaven that exists? Why not the muslim heaven? The Jewish heaven? Wouldnt you go to hell if they were right?

Boomark:

And who told you that the good samaritan can go to heaven?

Logicboy03:



Lies. Most of your christian brothers on NL say so.







https://www.nairaland.com/1076875/good-atheist-make-heaven

Image123:
do you even know the meaning of a lie? I have not MET those that condemn the Samaritan. The post you quoted is a question? The Samaritans were not atheists, they believed in the God of Jacob and worshipped.

Logicboy03:


And the people shouting "FAITH + WORKS" on that thread and ddiagreeing with my comment were saying that the Samaritan would go to heaven?


The Samaritans didnt practice Judaism, they had their own religion Samaritarianism. They didnt like Jews

Image123:
I don't practice Judaism and I didn't read your thread. now shut it already on the Samaritan. what are your views on the parable of the prodigal son?

Logicboy03:


The prodigal son is a great story. There is no joy like getting something of value that you lost back again.

Image123:
so far so good. Do you know that God is the father depicted in the story?

Logicboy03:

I know

i've seen a lot of folks look down on some part of scripture

Image123:
do you know that you are the prodigal son depicted in the story?

Logicboy03:



Yes. But unfortuantely, I dont have a skydaddy

Image123:
same thing the prodigal son acted until he got wise. Did you also notice that all of Jesus' parables are possibilities?

Logicboy03:


Why does everyone say that I will become a pastor or become born again?

Image123:
it used to be outsiders, unbelievers, atheists that had something against God's Word and swore to tear it down like Voltaire. Today, the enemy has found his way into the fold. There's so much wolves in sheep clothing. They have no goal of bringing others to the Saviour but to themselves. They is no more self -effacing, just a cunning but vicious creeping in. Their mission is to destroy the Word of God. Their goal is to accuse everything. They have every excuse under the heavens to excuse themselves and others from the Word of God.

Image123:
Show them God's Word and what they want to deal with is translation issues and Greek and Hebrew lexicons.

Image123:
From translation, they delve into testament issues. And even when shown the light in the new testament, the excuse is that its just a symbol, metaphor or parable.

Image123:
Another specie of wolves go on about words before Jesus died and after, and about Jesus talking to Jews only, or Corinthians only.

Image123:
There is nothing wrong with the Bible but you.

Image123: it used to be outsiders, unbelievers, atheists that had something against God's Word and swore to tear it down like Voltaire. Today, the enemy has found his way into the fold. There's so much wolves in sheep clothing. They have no goal of bringing others to the Saviour but to themselves. They is no more self -effacing, just a cunning but vicious creeping in. Their mission is to destroy the Word of God. Their goal is to accuse everything. They have every excuse under the heavens to excuse themselves and others from the Word of God. Show them God's Word and what they want to deal with is translation issues and Greek and Hebrew lexicons. They know nothing of the spirit and simplicity that is in Christ. From translation, they delve into testament issues. And even when shown the light in the new testament, the excuse is that its just a symbol, metaphor or parable. Another specie of wolves go on about words before Jesus died and after, and about Jesus talking to Jews only, or Corinthians only. But the Word of God is alive and powerful, and sharper than any sword. There is nothing wrong with the Bible but you.

of course it's just parables, or you
think Jesus was just gossiping
about other peeps. i.e. "are you
guys aware that Mr. 'A' was
robbed on his way to Jericho
yesterday, beaten and left for
dead? he was rescued by a good
Samaritan"