The Allegory of the Cave can be interpreted in a number of different ways. Plato begins the allegory by very clearly describing the picture of a cave along with everything that is happening inside of that cave. The image he explains is of people who are chained to a wall and can see nothing but shadows of people passing behind them which are cast by the fire. The significance of this image can be understood when it is compared to ourselves and to how we live our lives today. This can be achieved even better by looking at a portion of the Bible.
The first chapter in the book of I John contains a section entitled "Walking in the Light." It begins, "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth." The people who live in the cave and are chained to the wall are certainly not strangers to living in the darkness. They have never been outside of the cave or the darkness that......
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