Wedding Crashers - Jesus Edition

[kentonio]

I think it's reasonable to believe that someone who founded a major religion was in some ways remarkable.

I'd assume a certain level of charisma was an essential, but I'd put most of it down to sheer luck. There have been countless wannabe prophets and cult leaders, I don't think it's as much a merit based system as it is one where the right set of conditions happen to be in place for a following to turn into a phenomena. Would Christianity have taken off if the Roman governors of the time had been more lenient or the Jewish elders more representative of their people?

[Sava]

I credit the mopes who lived 100+ years after Jesus with founding the religion. Jesus (the myth) would be appalled at "Christianity".

The historical Jesus would probably enjoy being treated as a messiah... because (if he existed) he was a human being... flawed, twisted and evil.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

I'd assume a certain level of charisma was an essential, but I'd put most of it down to sheer luck. There have been countless wannabe prophets and cult leaders, I don't think it's as much a merit based system as it is one where the right set of conditions happen to be in place for a following to turn into a phenomena. Would Christianity have taken off if the Roman governors of the time had been more lenient or the Jewish elders more representative of their people?

"Luck" doesn't really explain anything. You might as well say "I don't know why Jesus's following continued after his death while most prophets, preachers and faith healers lost their followers".

[Imran Siddiqui]

Do the branches of Christianity that have married ministers a couple of millennia after his death care about the issue?

I don't know, I assume we have Anglicans here who could say whether a single celibate Jesus is a major part of their religion or not.

Kentonio, do you know so little about the Christian faith that only ANGLICANS have married ministers?

[Sava]

Kentonio, do you know so little about the Christian faith that only ANGLICANS have married ministers?

Orthodox do.

converts are the worst

[Imran Siddiqui]

Kentonio is a convert?

(ie, I think you misinterpreted the post)

[DinoDoc]

Kentonio is a convert?

Probably an atheist.

[Sava]

Kentonio is a convert?

(ie, I think you misinterpreted the post)

I blame

[Kidlicious]

I'm going to rush out and write on a piece of paper that JESUS said his "gay lover" so a century or so down the road when someone looks at it, they'll realize that Jesus was Gay.

What about Obama is a Muslim. "It says on this paper Obama was a Muslim! That makes much more sense!"

[kentonio]

Kentonio, do you know so little about the Christian faith that only ANGLICANS have married ministers?

Given that you're choosing to be patronizing, please explain why ministers choosing to marry would necessarily define Anglicans position on Jesus own celibacy (or lack of).

[Uncle Sparky]

But Brown University Professor Leo Depuydt, in an analysis also published Thursday by the Harvard Theological Review, was not convinced. He said the text contains grammatical errors a native Coptic speaker would not make.

AP

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/wor...254852121.html

[Sava]

Leo Depuydt

"de-pee"?
"de-pud"?



de plane?

[molly bloom]

Leo Depuydt

"de-pee"?
"de-pud"?



de plane?

Un-funny.

De-ny.

[Sava]

one day, a small child is going to randomly stab you

[molly bloom]

one day, a small child is going to randomly stab you

I've seen 'Don't Look Now'.

Never trust a small girl in a red duffle coat or anorak. Especially in Venice.