But people everyday claim to be God or the son of God, how do we know they are or are not? Instead we just say they're nuts, lock em up and give em pills.
So it would seem.
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I don't know. Maybe Jesus was crazy. Maybe he was just a liar. Maybe he was who he said he was.
pick one
I don't know. Maybe Jesus was crazy. Maybe he was just a liar. Maybe he was who he said he was.
pick one
My favorite difficult question about this subject is "Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?"
but I'm not sure if that's Jewish or Christian.
I don't know. Maybe Jesus was crazy. Maybe he was just a liar. Maybe he was who he said he was.
pick one
A crazy lying Jew? So what would differentiate him? BA dum Ching!
A crazy Jewish guy that lies and manipulates people and is SO good at his craft that people really believe that he is genuinely the real deal?
Nowadays we would call that a lawyer.
(I can say this. I'm Jewish )
Drinking wine as if the blood and eating bread as if the flesh of Christ seems awfully cannibalistic. Why does Catholicism promote these symbolically cannibalistic rituals?
Why do people worship Jesus and thank him for everything? Won't God get pissed off that his son gets all the credit?
"I created the world and all life; all this guy did was street magic, but he gets all the love? WTF?" - This comes to mind in the form of a cartoon. I wish I could draw it. NOTE: Just sharing an amusing thought, not trying to be offensive.
For that matter, why were these feats viewed as miracles of God and not witchcraft of the Devil?
Why isn't there more Jewish traditions in Christianity if Christ was Jewish? Won't God get pissed off that Christ changed all the rules?
Was it part of God's plan to kill his son? Dick-move, don't you think? Honour thy father, but fuck your kids?
Why was it acceptable that we trust someone that claims to be the son of God 2000 years ago, but nowadays we call them Schizophrenic?
Why is God wrathful and Jesus forgiving? Don't do wrong or God will smite you, but it's ok, because Jesus forgives you. That sounds like being part of a dysfunctional family where God, as the father, beats you for doing something he doesn't like; but then Jesus, as the caring 'mother', tells you that everything is ok, it's not your fault, father is just having a bad day, and you're forgiven. No wonder the crusades happened. Like a bunch of angry teenagers looking to start some shit because of the shitty childhood they had.
We have a wandering Jew and it is taking over the garden.
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1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike . Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it . He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
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What if he were all 3? :O
I find it odd that all these prophets and messiahs and such stopped a long time ago. Where are they now? Did God stop talking to us when Jesus died? Or have their been prophets and such since then? (Honest question. I really don't know.)
The Holy Spirit of God is the key to your question regarding God's talking to us since the resurrection of Jesus.
I think that if you claim to be God or speak for God or whatever, and manage to accomplish great things, then people believe you. Like Joan of Arc, too. Otherwise, you're deemed bonkers and locked away.
Ugh I hate when people say they hate when people quote scripture.That "Wandering Jew" is taking over your garden because WE ROLL LIKE THAT.
(Ugh. I can't stand when people quote scripture.)
Ugh I hate when people say they hate when people quote scripture.
That "Wandering Jew" is taking over your garden because WE ROLL LIKE THAT.
(Ugh. I can't stand when people quote scripture.)
Ugh I hate when people say they hate when people quote scripture.
F you, @UBERROGO . Let's fight.
Deleted. Thanks for not saying you can't stand people who quote scriptures.