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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
Chris, if it's a parable and God is omnipotent then why the specific reference to "bring hither"?
Surely God could just smite his vengance on them all at will, irrespective of their location (be that in this or the next world)?
It, and likeminded ideologies, have been taken outrageously out of context many times in history. It does not, however, excuse the instigator - irrespective of his / her intentions.
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Because it's a parable. Parables reduce big, profound theology to relatively simple stories. That's their purpose. The characters and situations in them represent other things to whatever extent is necessary to make the point. They are not, however, intended to be taken as complex allegory. That would defeat the point.