Talk:The Sheep and the Goats

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This isn't a parable, see parable for details.

Why the asterisk?[edit]

There's an asterisk in the text -- what's it for? Pacific PanDeist 16:16, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eonian life[edit]

In this text is spoken of eonian life,not eternal life. Concerning the 'eternal punishment',that is a mistranslation of eonian chastening,which is a corrective treatment,not a punitive one.

Some people may think that this will occur at the Great White Throne,but this judgement occurs 1000 years before the Great White Throne judgement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.109.177 (talk) 07:49, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Symbolism[edit]

I came to this page looking for characteristics of sheep and goats that would clarify the meaning of this symbolism.Jkolak (talk) 15:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sheep, other than the alpha ram, are docile, goats are very independant. You can lead sheep to water, good luck trying to herd goats. There is such a thing as sheep dogs, I don't believe goat dogs exist, in other words dogs can't herd goats either. On the plus side, goats can eat pretty much anything while sheep require grass. Among herders, goats are often considered to be under demonic possession, you never know what one may do and if you turn your back on one it will likely butt you. Sheep on the other hand are pretty much like rabbits, both killer sheep and killer rabbits are rare enough to be comedic. 75.0.4.247 (talk) 20:57, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mainstream Interpretation[edit]

The "Futurist" and Calvinist explanations are given but no mainstream explanation is provided. Ileanadu (talk) 19:19, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And in any case the section on "interpretation" is original research. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 22:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]