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Re:Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards by virmundi on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:34AM (#14088897)
Nope. That's just a shitty English translation. The Jews at the time were familiar with different types of ropes/threads. It is most likely that Jesus referred to the type of rope used in fishing which is much larger than a thread.

http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/nt/camelneedle.htm

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Re:Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards by openasocket on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @12:18PM (#14089558)
According to that link that is just one of several possible interpretations. In fact the author seems to prefer the "camel" translation, as there are contemporary examples of similar hyperbole.
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Re:Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards by gus_massa on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @12:43PM (#14089834)
I agree. If "nor an elephant going through the eye of a needle" was a expression used previously, it's not so strange that they have a local version with a camel.
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