(July 15, 2015 at 8:17 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(July 15, 2015 at 6:59 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Worrrrrrd to the heathens!!
So, do you think Jesus was a real person?
Mostly likely there was a rabbi or prophet named Jesus about 2000ish years ago.
(July 15, 2015 at 6:59 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm simply asking if you think there was a man 2000ish years ago named Jesus who brought forth these new "ideas" that we now call Christianity.
That's a slightly different question. There would be no Christianity if he'd never preached. But, I don't think Christianity has much to do with what he taught. I'm not sure he thought he was divine. He preached the kingdom of god on earth was coming soon, before his death even. He expected god to raise the weak and poor and humble the strong and rich. He told people to behave as if that were so. He said that he and his disciples would be god's representatives of earth. He thought he was the son of god as David and Salomon were sons of god not as the begotten son of god.
He may have expected to die at the hands of the Romans before he was crucified but not at the beginning of his ministry.
Christianity is what his disciples and those that followed made out of his death. What they made of it, causes Christians to ignore much of what he taught. Much of that is still in the gospels.
Why do you believe He was a real person?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
