{"id":6700,"date":"2021-03-05T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=6700"},"modified":"2021-03-05T11:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:30:18","slug":"the-gerasene-demoniac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/05\/the-gerasene-demoniac\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gerasene Demoniac"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was once told the story of a miracle preformed by Jesus which disturbed me slightly<\/em><\/p>\n

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Why were you so disturbed<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Because the demons that were exorcised out of the man by Jesus were transferred to a herd of swine who proceeded to run down a hill and into a lake where they drowned themselves<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But the man was saved<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

And the swine died<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I confess I do not think that Jesus loves animals<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The priest looked away from me and touched the wooden door of the confessional<\/p>\n

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I would normally say that Christ loves all creatures but this story troubled me also when I first heard it<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But after reading various commentaries the story made much more sense to me<\/em><\/p>\n

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In short Jesus did not actually send the demons into the pigs he merely allowed the demons to go where they chose to go<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A great number of people consider pigs unclean and will not touch their meat<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It is rather like a barbaric invading army<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

They are considered barbaric and sub human and good only for destruction and this could be the reason that the demons chose these creatures<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But that could mean that it was done for the good of the man<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I would not have thought that the demons would have been of this consideration<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

They care little for anything<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The priest smiled as I had clearly amused him<\/p>\n

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How little you know my son<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The answer is staring you in your face<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The demons might have been ignorant of everything but themselves<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But Jesus was not<\/em><\/p>\n

The priest stood up and opened the confessional door<\/p>\n

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He opened mine and helped me out and handed me my crutches<\/p>\n

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For I was in a crippled state after being attacked by a wild boar\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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