JESUS

[Guildenstern]

How can we know for certain that Jesus wasn't just some regular guy who was out of his mind and went on rants? Surely if in this day and age someone were to say to us he was the son of God, we would lock him up. What made him so believable?

[Odysseus]

People were stupid back then.

[Guildenstern]

What about the "miracles"? Sometimes I swear that Jesus was really badass when it came to tricking people. Like switching around water and wine jugs, or telling people to turn around and then dumping a pile of fish unto the floor. Walking over really big puddles, etc. But then again, he did have some prophecies which make sense. Oh and that shroud. There are some really mysterious things surrounding it. Like how it can't be destroyed.

[boozehound420]

Its true, For all we know he was skitsophrenic. And his "miracles" were just people that believed his story spreading rumors.

Some gullible person believes him. Then tells another person on the street something like I bet he could even turn water into wine, then we could get drunk everyday for free. Then that person tells the story to another person, then somewhere down the line its not I bet, its he does. We see this today with rumours and stories all the time.

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[shitty wok]

quote:Originally posted by Guildenstern:

How can we know for certain that Jesus wasn't just some regular guy who was out of his mind and went on rants? Surely if in this day and age someone were to say to us he was the son of God, we would lock him up. What made him so believable?

How do you know that Thomas Paine, George Washington, or Adam Smith weren't just rambling lunatics? I follow the Prophet Jesus's, (peace be upon him), teachings because they make sense.

[sealsaregay]

He performed miracles, and also when he died the veil in the temple was ripped from top to bottom.

[fallinghouse]

There is a short novel about this subject that (apart from the time travelling) I think provides a pretty good explanation for how the myth of Jesus could develop.

It's called 'Behold the Man' if anyone is interested.

[I_am_god]

Jesus gave sight to the blind, he rose a man from the dead, and fed 40 people with only a handful of fish and a few loafs of bread, and he rose from the dead, now you try to do that.

[DaedalusOwnsYou]

quote:Originally posted by I_am_god:

now you try to do that.

Nuh uh! You're god, you do it!

[I_am_god]

quote:Originally posted by DaedalusOwnsYou:

Nuh uh! You're god, you do it!

I'm being serious here man, I'm just an ordinary teenager from the USA.