(August 18, 2016 at 4:32 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: I'm holding out for an explanation of the purpose served by Jesus, the supposedly sinless one, submitting to the rite of baptism at the hand of John. Was it necessary or just a bit of exemplary spiritual theater? Somehow I doubt that the flesh-and-blood Jesus (assuming he existed) considered himself sinless, else the baptism and the so-called Lord's Prayer he taught (and, one assumes, prayed himself) really would have had no meaning in his own life.
The baptism was where the holy spirit raped Jesus - spiritual rape. It entered him without his consent. Now Jesus wants to spiritually rape us all as prophesied in the Old Testament.
Jesus is like Pinocchio. He's the bastard son of a carpenter. And a liar. And he wishes he was real.
