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1 | Why did this man need a second touch ? | Mark 8:25 | DocTrinsograce | 158144 | ||
Dear Mark, Sounds very denominational. I asked my opthamologist about this passage -- I have a deteriorative eye disease -- and he said that it didn't sound like a disorder of the eye, but rather a problem arising in the visual cortex... which, actually makes a lot more sense (sorry). You wrote, "Scholarly writings are no substitute for common sense reading of the scripture..." Uh... :-) ...common sense reading of the scripture is a hermeneutical principle founded in exegetical scholarship. Come to think of it, reading is founded in scholarship! I'll tell you what... show me common sense in "speaking in tongues" and I'll show you common sense in scholarship. :-) In Him, Doc |
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2 | Why did this man need a second touch ? | Mark 8:25 | Mark7 | 158254 | ||
Obviously the man was not born blind or he would not know what a tree or a man should look like. I don't have any problem with the idea that Jesus healed his brain (visual cortex) besides his eyes for a second healing. The idea was that he didn't "have" to, he chose to do two healings (at least): which, rather than illustrating a limitation of Jesus shows he is able to heal all manner of diseases, including your deteriorative eye disease. Thanks for the visual cortex idea, I will use it but not exclusively. |
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