(January 25, 2013 at 9:32 am)Drich Wrote: What are "bad or missing" teeth without the perspective of our modern dentists? In order for their to be a judgement good or bad someone has to be there to point out the difference. If their were none who could effect change or rather fix what was bad or broken, then in this case teeth just become teeth and being crooked, hurt and falling out is just what they did. My question is why would Christ "fix something" just to meet a modern standard. God the son came to live among us, to endure our hardships and trials, and ultimately die having been tested with all this life can offer.

Because it hurts the dignity and credibility of even an ignoramous illiterate if his food and wine that is also his flesh and blood were to dribble out through gaps in his holely teeth while he was in the middle of pretending to be god.

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(January 25, 2013 at 5:22 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I think the more burning question is why did Jesus not give himself adamantium claws or the power to shoot lasers out of his eyes.

Because omniscience is slow acting power, and he did hadn't gotten far enough into the chapter on "knowing the iron age" by the time the Romans caught up and nailed his ass with state of the art iron nails.

(January 25, 2013 at 11:41 am)Confused Ape Wrote: I'm just looking at the Bible stories as stories taking place in a time before modern technology. Raising the dead is one thing but where would Jesus have got all the modern dental treatment technology from? For example, did anyone make dental drills in those days? And where would Jesus have found a source of electricity to power one?

Why would God (in a human form) need a dentist or any form of modern technology? He created the universe, walked on water, calmed a storm, fed 3000 people with three loaves and three fish, restored the dead back to life, but he can't fix his own teeth? We're in "What does God need with a starship?" territory. I think this attempt to make the Christian Jesus gritty and realistic has backfired a bit with this, God Jesus ought to have been pretty buff.

(January 26, 2013 at 3:47 pm)Zone Wrote: Why would God (in a human form) need a dentist or any form of modern technology? He created the universe, walked on water, calmed a storm, fed 3000 people with three loaves and three fish, restored the dead back to life, but he can't fix his own teeth? We're in "What does God need with a starship?" territory. I think this attempt to make the Christian Jesus gritty and realistic has backfired a bit with this, God Jesus ought to have been pretty buff.

He died very quickly when he was crucified - he only lasted a few hours when death could take several days. This suggests that he didn't have a first rate body.

(January 26, 2013 at 4:02 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: He died very quickly when he was crucified - he only lasted a few hours when death could take several days. This suggests that he didn't have a first rate body.

But then he died intentionally on purpose to save us from our sins so there wouldn't be any need to drag it out. So he may not have powered himself up for that reason.



But his teeth he may as well just regrow if they're missing I don't see why not.

I know. I'll build my own TARDIS and go back in time to take a look for myself.