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Ever wonder?
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Ever wonder?
Hi all. I'm new to the forums and already like it. I'm an agnostic, but love heated religious debates. I was raised Catholic so I had many questions that were never answered while growing up.

One of the biggest questions I had was: "Why does Jesus go from twelve to thirty in the Bible?"

I've read a lot about it over the years but never found any answers that fully satisfied me. Many believe he went to India, which makes sense given his philosophies are very closely tied to far eastern thinking at the time. That didn't answer the question of why he would.leave his family and his homeland.

Since I couldn't find the answers I wanted, I decided to make them up myself. I did a lot of research on the time period, the region, and the people and I wrote a book, historical fiction of course, about the lost years of Jesus. Its gotten some good reviews on Amazon but I'm finding it hard to really get any exposure. If this is a subject anyone is interested in the book will be available for free download on Holy Thursday and Good Friday (April 17-18th) on Amazon. Disclaimer: If you are a hardcore Christian it might offend you.

Sorry if I'm not allowed to post this sort of thing. I didn't see anything against it in the rules. Just thought some people here might find it interesting.

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Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 12:46 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by FifthElement - April 15, 2014 at 12:52 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Paraselene - April 15, 2014 at 12:53 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 1:04 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by SteelCurtain - April 15, 2014 at 1:11 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by LastPoet - April 15, 2014 at 1:13 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Losty - April 15, 2014 at 1:13 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Esquilax - April 15, 2014 at 1:28 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 15, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Cyberman - April 15, 2014 at 1:30 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Paraselene - April 15, 2014 at 1:31 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by SteelCurtain - April 15, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 1:41 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 15, 2014 at 1:43 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 1:51 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 15, 2014 at 1:52 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by SteelCurtain - April 15, 2014 at 2:05 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 15, 2014 at 2:12 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Cyberman - April 15, 2014 at 2:12 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 1:57 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Minimalist - April 15, 2014 at 2:15 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by SteelCurtain - April 15, 2014 at 2:47 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Tonus - April 15, 2014 at 2:56 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 2:50 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by truthBtold - April 15, 2014 at 3:21 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by SteelCurtain - April 15, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by Cyberman - April 15, 2014 at 3:25 pm
RE: Ever wonder? - by derekmiller415 - April 15, 2014 at 3:49 pm

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