Jesus who?

propasaurus: Jesus who?

González.

No. I don't really have any questions at all about Christianity. I do, however, wonder why people willingly believe such nonsense, but that's more a musing than anything.

uh, no

liberty spikes.

I just wish my abs were as ripped as his. Dude must have had p90x or something

Ed Finnerty:



Bishop Henry McNeil Turner is glad to see J.J.'s "Black Jesus" has been covered.

Fun Factoid: If you listen closely to that segment of the show, you'll hear Michael telling Mom that he took Jesus's blackness from a sermon in Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam newspaper, Muhammad Speaks.

FTFA: It's very unlikely that the Jesus hairstyle shown in religious icons has anything to do with his actual coiffure. A Roman triumphal arch from that era depicts enslaved Jews with short hair, and one of the earliest images that scholars think could be Jesus-on a third-century chapel at Dura-Europos in modern Syria-also shows men with short hair. The early Christian evangelist Paul wrote, "Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?"

Its a common understanding of Biblical scholars that Jesus probably had short hair--that was the common style at the time for prophetic figures, especially. Just kinda one of those things that tends to circulate within the Biblical Studies community, rather than among laypersons.

Jesus went bald in his early 20s

I have a question about christianity: WHat would have happened if Jesus had been killed early in life? Like, what if a donkey had kicked him in the head shortly after birth? He was mortal right?

Somacandra: FTFA: It's very unlikely that the Jesus hairstyle shown in religious icons has anything to do with his actual coiffure. A Roman triumphal arch from that era depicts enslaved Jews with short hair, and one of the earliest images that scholars think could be Jesus-on a third-century chapel at Dura-Europos in modern Syria-also shows men with short hair. The early Christian evangelist Paul wrote, "Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?"

Its a common understanding of Biblical scholars that Jesus probably had short hair--that was the common style at the time for prophetic figures, especially. Just kinda one of those things that tends to circulate within the Biblical Studies community among associate professors who have little else to think about to justify their fellowship grants, rather than among laypersons.

FTFY

RexTalionis: [bibledudes.com image 410x365]

Do middle easterners really have piercing green eyes? I thought they were mostly brown.

Klippoklondike: I just wish my abs were as ripped as his. Dude must have had p90x or something

Not cool! His abs were ripped by a spear.

Somacandra: FTFA: It's very unlikely that the Jesus hairstyle shown in religious icons has anything to do with his actual coiffure. A Roman triumphal arch from that era depicts enslaved Jews with short hair, and one of the earliest images that scholars think could be Jesus-on a third-century chapel at Dura-Europos in modern Syria-also shows men with short hair. The early Christian evangelist Paul wrote, "Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?"

Its a common understanding of Biblical scholars that Jesus probably had short hair--that was the common style at the time for prophetic figures, especially. Just kinda one of those things that tends to circulate within the Biblical Studies community, rather than among laypersons.

What about the common hairstyles among schizophrenics at the time? They are assuming he was prophetic and not crazy.

ecmoRandomNumbers: propasaurus: Jesus who?

González.

No kidding this is not the time of year to forget your gardener.

pion: Chupacabra Sandwich: I have a question about christianity: WHat would have happened if Jesus had been killed early in life? Like, what if a donkey had kicked him in the head shortly after birth? He was mortal right?

Yes he was mortal. The whole crucifixion thing should have proved that. However, if you believe Jesus was the Son of God, one would presume that God would protect young Jesus (quick get Mel Brooks on the phone, I have a movie to pitch). If you do not believe that Jesus was Son of God, then you'll have to accept that serendipity was responsible for his survival until crucifixion. If this is the case, the answer to the "what if?" is that Christianity, and quite possibly Islam, would not exist, and the world would be starkly different for it.

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pion:

Yes he was mortal. The whole crucifixion thing should have proved that. However, if you believe Jesus was the Son of God, one would presume that God would protect young Jesus (quick get Mel Brooks on the phone, I have a movie to pitch). If you do not believe that Jesus was Son of God, then you'll have to accept that serendipity was responsible for his survival until crucifixion. If this is the case, the answer to the "what if?" is that Christianity, and quite possibly Islam, would not exist, and the world would be starkly different for it.

This is a logical answer

expobill:

the donkey gets a yellow card, and mary gets a 8 game ban

This is my favorite answer

TheOther:

You think an ass-kicking could kill Jesus?

Winner

Oh and this seems to fit here; )

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Beibzus!

I bet he totally had highlights.

Chupacabra Sandwich: I have a question about christianity: WHat would have happened if Jesus had been killed early in life? Like, what if a donkey had kicked him in the head shortly after birth? He was mortal right?

I'm an atheist, but here's what I was taught by the Catholic Church:

At the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea, it was determined that Christ "became Man". This means he was a mortal. He didn't die when he was young because he was destined to die on the cross for our sins. Men have free will (to obey or disobey God), but God is still the Master of Providence. Christ himself (a man) was not even sure of his own fate until he sang that stirring song in Gethsemane.

We can carry on with Epicurean semantics, but the Catholic Church prefers to sidestep the issues Epicurus presented. With a wave of the hand, we suddenly become "mere men who cannot hope to know the mind of God". This is especially handy when really bad things happen. Of course, when it comes to things like wearing a rubber or eating a burger on Friday, we DO know the mind of God but that's different because it's different.

So in the end, Jesus never died in his youth because God made damn sure he didn't. He was also strongly discouraged to take up hang gliding by his mother.