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I'm not keen on the sentence 'This parable actually happened', which a few of the parables end with. It has impact the first time, but loses its effect with repetition. Also, surely the point of a parable is that it is equally instructive whether it really happened or not. [[Jesus]] did not say that any of His parables had actually happened, but they are no less telling for it.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 14:53, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

I'm not keen on the sentence 'This parable actually happened', which a few of the parables end with. It has impact the first time, but loses its effect with repetition. Also, surely the point of a parable is that it is equally instructive whether it really happened or not. [[Jesus]] did not say that any of His parables had actually happened, but they are no less telling for it.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 14:53, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

: You raise an interesting point, and I'm sorry it took me over a year to respond to it!  I'm not sure how Jesus described many of his parables.  When He started the [[Prodigal Son]] with words to the effect, "A man had two sons ...," we don't know whether the story is factual or not.  Perhaps it was factual.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:28, 22 June 2010 (EDT)

: You raise an interesting point, and I'm sorry it took me over a year to respond to it!  I'm not sure how Jesus described many of his parables.  When He started the [[Prodigal Son]] with words to the effect, "A man had two sons ...," we don't know whether the story was factual or not.  Perhaps it was factual.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:28, 22 June 2010 (EDT)

== Conservatives and 911 Parable ==

== Conservatives and 911 Parable ==