God hates Jesus?

[Thorn]

I dunno the dude can freaking walk on water, i don't think he'd not be able to stop hair growth.....

[Aeson]

Matthew 19:26

[Elok]

Yes, I'm sure He could, but why? Everyone's going to assume He just cut it, so why not cut it? I suppose you could make the case that it saves time and irritation, but the guy volunteered for slow painful death, I don't think that sort of thing's high on His list of priorities.

[Thorn]

Well technically the plan didn't work so well, he asked judas to help him as he was planning ot use his powers to help takeover the world, but by the time the romans had stopped beating him, his powers didn't work so well, so martyrdom was plan B.

[loinburger]

What if Jesus had fourteen nipples? He could totally give himself fourteen nipples if he wanted to, and I can't conceive of a reason why he wouldn't want to give himself fourteen nipples.

[Thorn]

What if Jesus had fourteen nipples? He could totally give himself fourteen nipples if he wanted to, and I can't conceive of a reason why he wouldn't want to give himself fourteen nipples.

Doesn't look good in a speedo? i dunno.... I'm just making the point that History is rarely accurate about simple things. Its kinda funny actually.

[Aeson]

Beards are itchy. God knows I'd stop mine from growing if I could, and I can shave! ("Could" includes "reasonably afford to and not with the risk of skin discolorations or blindness if I point the thing the wrong way".)

[Kidlicious]

Beards are only itchy until they grow to a certain point.

[Kidlicious]

I think Jesus looked ordinary. Statues of Him don't make sense to me unless they portray an ordinary man, and I've never seen one like that.

[dannubis]

Jesus would have had a beard. Cutting the beard was forbidden in ancient Jewish culture.

???

Early depictions of christ are always beardless.

I was under the impression that beards were only worn by people that held a position of power (the Jewish priests e.g.).

[molly bloom]

Um... Jesus is not a statue.

You're a regular Thomas Aquinas, ain't ya ?

[Imran Siddiqui]

???

Early depictions of christ are always beardless.

I was under the impression that beards were only worn by people that held a position of power (the Jewish priests e.g.).

Likely the time honored practice and portraying the historical Jesus in your own culture . Romans weren't keen on beards - they thought them slovenly. Jews were all for beards and as Jesus was referred to as a rabbi on more than one occasion, he was obviously a "Jewish priest".

[The Mad Monk]

YES, At least we have proof that statues exist.

Actually, the crucificion is a fair proof in and of itself. Who would possibly want to center a religion around a convict executed in the most demeaning fashion possible?

[loinburger]

Arguably, "buggered to death by duck-billed platypuses" is more demeaning

[The Mad Monk]

Nonsense, that was the centerpiece of every imperial orgy!