Something Fishy

[Entanglement]

WARNING THIS OP HAS BEEN DEBUNKED

Mark 8:22-24 NIV
22They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” 24He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

How does this man who was born blind know how to make a reference about people and tree's?

(24He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”)

If he's never seen a human or a tree in his life.

 

[Pearl]

Mark 8:22-24 NIV
22They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” 24He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

How does this man who was born blind know how to make a reference about people and tree's?

(24He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”)

If he's never seen a human or a tree in his life.

But he must have laid his hands on them - it's what all blind people do in order to understand the world and the people around them.

 

[Entanglement]

I think if you ask most blind people, they know what a tree is like. Just because someone cannot see doesn't mean they cannot perceive.

I need outside sources on your opinion, thankyou.

 

[Entanglement]

But he must have laid his hands on them - it's what all blind people do in order to understand the world and the people around them.

I am not really sure what you mean.

 

[Heart2Soul]

I am not really sure what you mean.

Blind people see with their sense of touch, smell and hearing and even taste. ..they read books, cook, sew, clean, and basically live a fairly normal life....I am sure when he was a young boy his parents took him to a tree and let him touch it and learn the different smells and such and taught him that it was a tree.

 

[JohnDB]

Looking left instead of right.

 

[Entanglement]

Blind people see with their sense of touch, smell and hearing and even taste. ..they read books, cook, sew, clean, and basically live a fairly normal life....I am sure when he was a young boy his parents took him to a tree and let him touch it and learn the different smells and such and taught him that it was a tree.

I agree, and therefor wrong in my analysis about blindness.

Thankyou.

 

[Enoch111]

If he's never seen a human or a tree in his life.

He could have heard about trees and humans from others, or even determined their shapes and textures by touch. There is no need to underestimate this person.

 

[Entanglement]

He could have heard about trees and humans from others, or even determined their shapes and textures by touch. There is no need to underestimate this person.

Yeah I understand. My OP is and was flawed, so I can't defend my former concept if it's wrong.

 

[Base12]

I thought you were going to relate the Vision to the Trees of Eden...

Ezekiel 31:9
"I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him."

I feel there is a deep meaning to your OP.

 

[Entanglement]

I thought you were going to relate the Vision to the Trees of Eden...

Ezekiel 31:9
"I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him."

I feel there is a deep meaning to your OP.

Take from it what you will. It's free.

 

[Pearl]

I am not really sure what you mean.

Blind people 'see' with their hands, they feel shapes and can recognise people they know by the feel of their faces.