Not as hard or impossible as it first appears but still harder.
This idea that he meant "it's hard but not impossible" seems to generally be pushed by wealthy religions and "prosperity gospel" types.
Reading everything else Jesus said, I find it more likely that he literally meant the "eye of an actual needle". He did not seem to be a fan of the rich or powerful in any way.
> Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26, CSB, emphasis mine)
I think Protestant have similar interpretations but I could be wrong as they have many denominations.
Lol, I see you've never heard of the prosperity gospel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
"Protestant" is such a broad group of beliefs it's nearly impossible to make any sort of board assertion.
Well, then they aren't rich anymore, and the camel doesn't need to pass through the eye of the needle. Problem solved.
There's a lot of discussion on this verse. Apparently, the gate interpretation didn't exist until the 11 century.
It was rethought to be Rope for a while but this blog post discredits that. https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2023/11/camel.html
[1]: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studie...
Arabic word for camel and rope are same in a similar verse.
Also it just doesn’t make sense.
Otherwise it’s like complaining about citing “words printed on paper” when citing a book or journal.
What exactly was incorrect about Dans video? (He’s great BTW)
These new information medium was invented for a reason, in particular, the economic efficiency of conveying information.
I would suggest people learn to use them.
Want higher quality content? Then go to TikTok.
The best part is you couldn’t answer what was wrong with Dan’s content.
Matters of religion (as well as philosophy) simply can't be covered in bite-size 2-minute "shorts".
It’s dangerous to argue that you need long-form articles to explain ideas.
It's more likely exaggeration referring to actual camel (the large animal of the area) and the eye of a needle (an example of the smallest hole one would be readily familiar with at the time).
If it was reffering to a named place, the very capable in both Jewish and Greek authors of the New Testament wouldn't have translated it as "τρυπήματος ῥαφίδος" (needle's opening) or "τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος" (needle's hole), as opposed to something like "narrow gate" or similar that would convey to people unfamiliar with Jerusalem the point.