Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life... (39)
animicaGothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden21 Threads 641 PostsMost religions talk about this concept. How do you interpret these words?
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I should have put this in the Dumb Questions thread apparently... 
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My brain isn't working hard enough to analyze and compute the question 
I think I need more coffee
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I am not a deply religious person, but I have a strong belief in God.
I have never heard these words before myself, but my interpretation is there is only very few paths to eternal life..the main path is through a belief in God.
I have never heard these words before myself, but my interpretation is there is only very few paths to eternal life..the main path is through a belief in God.
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I don't think it is about ETERNAL life - just LIFE...
I'm not religious at all, but because there have been a handful of interesting people involved in creating the religions, there are some exemples of interesting things that these people have said - this is one exemple, IMO.
I am curious about what this person meant by "the narrow road". Any ideas?
I'm not religious at all, but because there have been a handful of interesting people involved in creating the religions, there are some exemples of interesting things that these people have said - this is one exemple, IMO.
I am curious about what this person meant by "the narrow road". Any ideas?
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The narrow road may mean there are NOT many options concerning how life should be led according to religious dogma. The only option is to live as God wants us to live...and those examples of how life should be lived are in the religious texts of that particular faith.
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Don't worry - you're not alone! But thanks for admitting it! 
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I would have to say stay off the Highway to Hell and try to get to the Stairway to Heaven.
It really depends on what you belive life really is and what does death mean.
It really depends on what you belive life really is and what does death mean.
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Ok, you probably got that right - but putting the recommendations in the religious texts aside, what do YOU think the narrow road is? Personally?
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So, would you care to elaborate?
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Without a religious spin, and to take it as an analogy,
...sounds an awful lot like blind faith, don't question and stick to what is known.
An exclusive place, only for some...a 'small' gate and can only be travelled 'alone'...narrow path?
my thoughts that come to mind with that statement...
...sounds an awful lot like blind faith, don't question and stick to what is known.
An exclusive place, only for some...a 'small' gate and can only be travelled 'alone'...narrow path?
my thoughts that come to mind with that statement...
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With no religious connotations...it could be an analogy for birth...?
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Hmmm, this is pretty much how I interpreted it too, until lately, when I started to think about it as maybe having to do with "choice".
Sometimes I think maybe there are too many active choices for us to make, there is no obvious place for anyone anymore, the road is, so to speak, too broad, which confuses and drains us, and often stands in the way of life...
Thoughts?
Sometimes I think maybe there are too many active choices for us to make, there is no obvious place for anyone anymore, the road is, so to speak, too broad, which confuses and drains us, and often stands in the way of life...
Thoughts?
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Yes! The "small gate" probably is! Didn't think of that...
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Maybe this poem will help you!
The Light-The Way
I felt the world had turned me down
And life had me low;
Though I looked on every side.
My eyes could not find woe.
My friends were gone, and all alone
I argued with despair;
Until I grew so weak and worn
And life was filled with care.
All hope was gone, and as I walked
In darkness and defeat,
I cried, "I quit! There's no way out!"
And death I did intreat.
But in the middle of my darkness
A gentle voice did say:
"Come unto me-no need to fear
I am The Light-The Way.
Though trouble walks on every side,
I shall dwell within
To strengthen and protect you
And keep your heart from sin."
The choice was mine, to live or die,
To lose, or even win;
Without a word, I fell at His feet,
Such peace there came within.
Somehow I knew that I could be
Whatever He should bid,
And on my feet I stood and said,
"I shall not die, but live!"
Now when I'm tested, tossed and tried,
I still can hear Him say,
"Come unto me, no need to fear,
I am The Light-The Way."
Barbara Thompson Young
The Light-The Way
I felt the world had turned me down
And life had me low;
Though I looked on every side.
My eyes could not find woe.
My friends were gone, and all alone
I argued with despair;
Until I grew so weak and worn
And life was filled with care.
All hope was gone, and as I walked
In darkness and defeat,
I cried, "I quit! There's no way out!"
And death I did intreat.
But in the middle of my darkness
A gentle voice did say:
"Come unto me-no need to fear
I am The Light-The Way.
Though trouble walks on every side,
I shall dwell within
To strengthen and protect you
And keep your heart from sin."
The choice was mine, to live or die,
To lose, or even win;
Without a word, I fell at His feet,
Such peace there came within.
Somehow I knew that I could be
Whatever He should bid,
And on my feet I stood and said,
"I shall not die, but live!"
Now when I'm tested, tossed and tried,
I still can hear Him say,
"Come unto me, no need to fear,
I am The Light-The Way."
Barbara Thompson Young
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It could mean that the roads is narrow because not alot of people will choose to take it because it is not the path of least resistance!!! It is a path filled with pain, struggle and lessons that some people willingly avoid, yet the one that leads to the most freedom in the end!!!!!
I think the gate is small because it is the most unattractive gate to enter and there is only one way to enter it and that is by personal choice and not everyone will make that choice, but perhaps choose gates that seem more appealing on the outside, yet only offer temporary comfort!!!!
I think the gate is small because it is the most unattractive gate to enter and there is only one way to enter it and that is by personal choice and not everyone will make that choice, but perhaps choose gates that seem more appealing on the outside, yet only offer temporary comfort!!!!
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Very good points!
But it seems that even the road most travelled is filled with pain and struggle...
Maybe we would be happier if we had less choices? Life today (in the western world) offers more possibilities than ever before, and that can be just as much a blessing as it can be a curse...
But it seems that even the road most travelled is filled with pain and struggle...
Maybe we would be happier if we had less choices? Life today (in the western world) offers more possibilities than ever before, and that can be just as much a blessing as it can be a curse...
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I believe our lives today are far better off with more choices. The curse seems to be what people do with their choices.
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It is from the Bible. Look there and read the rest of the scripture.
Plainly it means that the way to eternal life is a narrow path. The same as a narrow path up a mountain. All steps outside that path leads to destruction. Eternal death. The same as walking outside of the safe path up the mountain.
It is talking about there being a large amount of ways to death and the way to life is a narrow way. Much like one wire in a phone cable, there is only one that will work and all others will not.
Plainly it means that the way to eternal life is a narrow path. The same as a narrow path up a mountain. All steps outside that path leads to destruction. Eternal death. The same as walking outside of the safe path up the mountain.
It is talking about there being a large amount of ways to death and the way to life is a narrow way. Much like one wire in a phone cable, there is only one that will work and all others will not.
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Was gonna say the birth canal, lol.
Close enough
Close enough
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