Koan: A little impossible paradoxical riddle that one cannot resolve by normal means of logic.
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“Jesus ends this illumination story with a final devastating line (v. 39):
“It
is for judgment that I have come into the world. So those without sight
may see and those with sight be turned blind.” Hearing this, the
Pharisees say, “We are not blind, surely.” (We’re orthodox, we’re good
Christians, we’re clergy!)
Jesus replies, “Blind? If you were, you would not be guilty. But since you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains. “
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Taken from “Everything Belongs” by Richard Rohr
