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From: rush@cwrudg.UUCP (rush)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: A Fig for 'what's his name'.
Message-ID: <149@cwrudg.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 17:00:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 26 17:00:19 1986
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In article <1156@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) writes:
>In article <251@prometheus.UUCP> pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc) writes:
>> In article <1150@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) writes:
>> >And even if the tree is barren one year, it might bear the next.  Killing
>> >the tree is simply wanton destruction.
>> 

[some text in defense of God's actions esp. that there was something
 wrong with the tree]

>
>First, you're just guessing, since there's nothing in the Bible suggesting
>that in the least.
>
>Second, any god who can supposedly perform resurrections could surely have
>performed a different miracle and caused the tree to spontaneously bear
>fruit (or be cured, if your silly speculation is assumed.)
>
>Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh
>
I always thought that Jesus was warning His disciples in much the same way
He warned them through Matt 23+, Luke 14 (or 17), and other apocalyptic
passages in scripture. He did pick a rather vivid method of illustration
though. That fig tree makes another appearance in scripture, at least
in figure. The owner of it speaks that it has borne no fruit in three
years. Jesus came that we might 'bear much fruit'. This fruit is essentially
a holy life, full of faith and good works. 

This discussion is off track... 'The message of the cross is foolishness
to them that are perishing, but to we who are being saved it is the power
of God.' or some such. If you want to hurl insults at God, go ahead, you 
will receive your reward. If you are interested in finding out about God's
character, humble yourself and ask. He is good or He isn't God. That is a
personal definition. I find that YHWH is just such a God. (p.s. I felt that
way long before I became a christian, too, and I think that is the primary
point of contention in this discussion. Unfortunately I don't have time
now for further exploration of this topic...)

	Richard Rush	- Just another Jesus freak in computer science
	decvax!cwruecmp!cwrudg!rush

	All things that look like scripture may not be, since I am working from
	memory only.