(October 7, 2013 at 3:45 pm)Beta Ray Bill Wrote: I recently read an analysis of the New Testament that pointed out something I'd never really thought of before.
According to the Gospels, Jesus started spreading his word when he was 30, then walked around performing miracles for just a little while before he died.
My question is: Why did he wait until he was 30? Life expectancy back then was about 40. If he was God reborn in human form, wouldn't he have been prepared to spread the word at like 18 or 20? I know there's that one note about him as a child at the temple, but after that, what took him so long to get going again? Did it take the baptism by John to encourage him?
Maybe he needed some age to be respected, I don't know. It just seems weird that an omniscient being would wait so long.
The christ is a MYTH - there is not a single document - from his supposed time - that even mentions his name. When you actually read the bible -it is not possible for a single being to fulfill all of the claims, many contradictions - and supposed actions of the christ - period. He could not have two different BLOOD LINES - at a time when blood lines ONLY went through the father. He certainly cannot be all knowing -one of his last lines in the fairy tales - was - Father WHY HAVE you foresaken me - if he was all knowing - he would not have to ask. If he was part of the ONE GOD - then he WAS the father as well. There are LOTS of instances where the christ either did not know something - had to be told something - or asked question about something in the bible - all proof of the lack of ALL-Knowing. IT is simply nonsense.
Now - when you consider human created myths - remember that he was NOT supposed to be human - so life expectancy did not apply to him - BUT - respect would be a requirement. And in ancient times - it was the elders that received the respect - not a young person claiming to be god - since they had MANY of those.
So a young character would have NOT been believed - and likely would have been stoned to death for a number of things he did. IT required having the MYTH older to give some significance to him. Noting that the MYTH was still much younger than the Elders of the Jewish religion -along with the fact that the christ MYTH could NOT have fulfilled the prophecies of the messiah in the bible already there - is why the jews did not embrace xtianity - and still do not.
