I've noticed something: I seem to be questioning myself about something every time I read a story from The Bible. I just finished reading the gospel of Mark. It's sort of a short story about Jesus's adult life and when he resurrected. It was fun to read but I started wondering in my thoughts when Jesus said:
"Go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven." (Mark 10:21)
This means that we have to sell whatever we have and give to the poor to be good people. I guess it makes sense since it makes others happy and that's a good thing. So, I guess I agree. But, Jesus said something else right afterward:
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Mark 10:25)
This is telling us that it's harder to go to heaven the richer we are, therefore we have to give our wealth to others to be good people. After I thought for a while, this didn't really make much sense. You're supposedly doing something good when you are giving your wealth to others. But, the people that receive the wealth obviously become richer. And, the richer you are, the harder it would be to go to heaven. So, wouldn't you actually be doing something bad when you give your wealth to someone else since you're technically blocking his chances to be a good person and making it harder for him/her to go to heaven? I don't know. Maybe I thought too much about something fairly simple.
Anyways, just like the usual, I end up with more questions than answers. Maybe I'm just trying to think too much and complicating my life. Whatever, I'm done with the gospel. This one was actually pretty interesting for me since it talked about Jesus and the miracles he did. I hope I get to read more from The Bible later on, hopefully without so many questions in my head.
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