The Parables of Jesus

Well after our chapter in religion (Christianity chapter 12 in Religions of the World) I was comparing notes with a friend of mine who is a devout Christian. Bill is a big believer in Christianity and he loves to talk about perception and how he believes that it is possible for human beings to evolve to a higher form and how it is all based on perception. Bill reads the bible constantly and we love to talk about how we think that physics plays an interesting part into the realm of perception. It is his belief, through his readings, that our life that exists around us is nothing more than a choice. The perception that we see (our daily lives, the people and things around us etc.) is nothing more than a choice and we are all part of a greater scale of things. Now the funny thing about this is that he is definitely very religious but he is also super interested in those things meta-physical. Science, physics and space/time are very interesting to him. Although he dabbles in those things scientific he loves to talk about the teachings of Jesus and the way it impacted him. In chapter 12 we touched on the parables of Jesus and this was neat to him for us to be talking about it in a college course. We compared notes on the interpretation of Jesus’ parables and how they were unique and we also talked about how the interpretation of these parables is so difficult since they happened during a time that we, as a modern culture, cannot see as easily. I found an interesting webpage and I am including the link to it below:

http://www.cerm.info/bible_studies/Topical/parables.htm

If you get a chance take a look and let me know what you think about this??

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