There’s a bit of controversy between this “AND” and the more traditional “YET”: just splitting hairs? No.

It becomes a moot point.

The term “eye of a needle” is used as a metaphor for a very narrow opening. It occurs several times throughout the Talmud. The New Testament quotes Jesus as saying in Luke 18:25 that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” (Jesus and the rich young man). It also appears in the Qur’an 7:40, “Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them – the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals.”

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I’ve discussed this previously, here.

The latest direction of travel for the Republican candidates for the 2024 election of the president is the “rich” man being the out-and-out winner. Something tells me that winning the candidacy is a poisoned chalice. In other words, ‘what profits a man to be the leader of the free world and yet goes to prison?’