I have another reinterpretation of a good parable at Parable of the Unforgiving Servant: A Reinterpretation | What Jesus did Do
Come check it out and tell me what you think.
Come check it out and tell me what you think.
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Parable of the Unforgiving Servant: A Reinterpretation
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jesus is; the rest is commentary.
Brandon,
I appreciate your application at the end, but it is not uniquely different than a modern audience can take from the original, so I think it is fair to say that the retelling is not justified by the application presented.
Also, if you are going to try to retell a story in order to make it relevant, then you must be in tough with how the details of the story work in the real world.
A lender in the business of funding houses, such as a bank or wealthy Californian, does not reserve any legal right to do the things you've described him threaten to do. He also doesn't have the right to simply give the person the house in any way that can be so easily reversed. He also cannot dramatically change the debt agreement decisions on these bases.
A person renting to another cannot evict with only one day's notice, even if the renter is two months late, and even if he can, he would need to have the sheriff do it. Also, there is not a judge in all of the state that will legally issue a restraining order that can keep the renter from the possessions that rightfully belong to him.
There are other problems with the relevance of this retelling, but I don't want it to sound like I don't appreciate the effort. Just remember that relevance is about familiarity and plausibility. While the mortgage bubble makes a story like this sound familiar, the details make it too improbable to really relate with.
Anyway, that's what I thought about it. I hope it helps you as you keep writing more.
I appreciate your application at the end, but it is not uniquely different than a modern audience can take from the original, so I think it is fair to say that the retelling is not justified by the application presented.
Also, if you are going to try to retell a story in order to make it relevant, then you must be in tough with how the details of the story work in the real world.
A lender in the business of funding houses, such as a bank or wealthy Californian, does not reserve any legal right to do the things you've described him threaten to do. He also doesn't have the right to simply give the person the house in any way that can be so easily reversed. He also cannot dramatically change the debt agreement decisions on these bases.
A person renting to another cannot evict with only one day's notice, even if the renter is two months late, and even if he can, he would need to have the sheriff do it. Also, there is not a judge in all of the state that will legally issue a restraining order that can keep the renter from the possessions that rightfully belong to him.
There are other problems with the relevance of this retelling, but I don't want it to sound like I don't appreciate the effort. Just remember that relevance is about familiarity and plausibility. While the mortgage bubble makes a story like this sound familiar, the details make it too improbable to really relate with.
Anyway, that's what I thought about it. I hope it helps you as you keep writing more.
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