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awareness · 04-20-2015, 11:58 AM

Welcome back SpeakersCorner.

Sorry this forum was disagreeable for you in the past. And for my part in it if any.

The verse you quote from John has always confused me.

John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

I grew up on farms. Seeds don't fall to the earth and die. Seeds fall to earth and come alive.

I go to the co-op here and buy seeds. They are in a package and are as dead as they are ever gonna be. Sometimes I take seeds and freeze them over winter. They too are as dead as they will ever be (unless burned).

But when I plant them they don't die they come to life.

That's why that verse has always confused me. Not that I don't get the metaphor ... but it can't be taken literally.

04-20-2015, 11:58 AM	#50
awareness Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,064	Re: The 'Lonely Triune God' LSM's Oxymoron - TOMES Welcome back SpeakersCorner. Sorry this forum was disagreeable for you in the past. And for my part in it if any. The verse you quote from John has always confused me. John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. I grew up on farms. Seeds don't fall to the earth and die. Seeds fall to earth and come alive. I go to the co-op here and buy seeds. They are in a package and are as dead as they are ever gonna be. Sometimes I take seeds and freeze them over winter. They too are as dead as they will ever be (unless burned). But when I plant them they don't die they come to life. That's why that verse has always confused me. Not that I don't get the metaphor ... but it can't be taken literally. __________________ Cults: My brain will always be there for you. Thinking. So you don't have to. There's a serpent in every paradise.