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Jesus cursed a fig tree for not bearing fruit. Is it rational to demand a tree bear fruit out of season?
Jesus cursed a fig tree for not bearing fruit out of season. Is it rational to demand a tree bear fruit out of season?
Good question!
I think it was just a story, to illustrate a point: if you as a human does nothing, has no "raison d’etre" so to speak, you too will be "cursed" and "whither away".
The only thing the fig tree was supposed to do was bear fruit, and it didn’t, so it served no purpose to Life.
Don’t take the bible too literally! It contains lots of simple parables which serve as guides for getting through Life with as little scarring as possible. You don’t even have to be religious to like the wisdoms in the bible — ancient nuggets of truth handed on from long before the age of Jesus Christ.
Absinthe | Sep 29, 2008
that’s what He wants from us, to bear fruit in any season, in or out of
There should have been small figs on it at this season but weren’t
Mat 21:19 And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away.
ken d | Sep 27, 2008
You missed the point. Jesus wanted to illustrate a truth. read the context.
Averell A | Sep 27, 2008
I once beat the crap out of an Apple tree in the middle of winter.
Hall of Skulls 2 | Sep 27, 2008
That’s funny
Lovely P | Sep 27, 2008
Well, last winter I was screaming at my grape vines to give me some frickin’ fruity goodness, but I wouldn’t exactly call myself ‘rational’.
Isobel | Sep 27, 2008
lol the fig tree, and the tree of life, is cannabis in the bible.
Mushroom Jesus | Sep 27, 2008
Im en ur orchurd. Cursin ur figh trees.
Kalista <3's MSI | Sep 27, 2008
If there is one thing that you should take away from reading the bible, it’s that god holds him to completely different standards than he holds humans to, the standard he applies to himself is that everything he does is right, no matter what.
This is rather similar to the standard that the various catholic sects apply to their dogma – it is simply accepted as correct, standards are only used for criticizing the ideas of others.
The Doc | Sep 27, 2008
Averell A is right basically. If you know anything about Jesus, is that he was fond of speaking in parables. As Averell suggested it’s not meant to be taken that literally that he went up to a fig tree and actually cursed it, but it’s meant to illustrate a morale and a point to what he was preaching about.
BigAnt | Sep 27, 2008
So are Fig Newtons a sin against God?
No wonder I love them so much!
Spirit Wanderer- Atheati Samurai | Sep 27, 2008
Does not make sense why any one should curse a tree, especially Jesus!
chuppkaychuppkay | Sep 27, 2008
Thats hilarious! although I am not a devout christian or anything, the character of Jesus in the bible, the parts i have read, is pretty clever. Lots of metaphors. I guess the fig tree tale is an allegory for the person…
Therefore i can only posit that it is rational to demand a person can detach him/herself from a stifling convention to create something vital and nourishing
crackk_dealer | Sep 27, 2008
Well…wouldn’t you be mad if you were hungry and went to your fridge and found out it was empty? Just shows Jesus human side…
Da Mick | Sep 27, 2008
It is if you’re making a point with a parable about fruit. Talk about cool visual aids. Arthur Miller has nothing on JC when it comes to extended metaphors.
Rico JPA | Sep 27, 2008
http://www.rapturealert.com/jesusfigtree .asp
This is a metaphor for the nation of Israel.
hollykitch | Sep 27, 2008
The fig tree represented Israel , that country had God in person for three years and only a few believed in him and they bore no fruit ( spreading the gospel )
andrew a | Sep 27, 2008
Was it really a fig tree? Yehoshua says that you can tell what type of tree it is by what type of fruit it bears.
He was not mad at the fig tree. He was using it as an example for us.
If we give/display an external appearance of being a Christian but do not have any Christian values or attributes or are not doing the good deeds that Christians should be doing, then are we REALLY Christians or are we just a bunch of sinners dressed up to make others believe that we are Christians.
Will Yehoshua cast us out come Judgment Day?
Mike R | Sep 27, 2008
My great-grandma had my grandpa when she was 51. Talk about outta season.
rousseau Butt Nurse | Sep 27, 2008
It may not be rational, but I curse my neighbor’s apple tree every January 13. If I don’t, the spring pixies will not scatter dust in my neighborhood.