Jesus Christ appears in Lebanon!!

[Dotard]

I wasn't really offended. I enjoy making a showy display of often incorrect assumtions about atheists.

I never said it was 'lame'. Akin to a magic show, yes. That's how it reads. The character of Jesus gets up, his robes get whiter and those present hear a disembodied voice. Someone hiding behind a rock maybe?

Folks maintaining this transfiguration is somehow the "coming of the Kingdom of God" is what I am taking issue with. I can read the bible and "go with the story" as if reading any novel. Even when I do this taking into consideration this is the Son of God and his resurrected buddies blah blah blah... the whitening of his robes and meeting up with some dead friends of his in no way comes across as the coming of the KoG. Where was the 'power' in any of that?

And 'sides... (sorry I meant...) And beside that it seems incredulous that Jesus would announce "There are some of them that stand here" who will not taste death....." Then less than a week take 'those' out into the mountains so they can see the coming of the KoG in all it's power. If there were "some of them" who shall not taste death that implies some of them did taste death. So who was there that stand here? The story doesn't mention anything happening in those six days.

Also consider what Jesus was discussing when he was verily saying unto them. He was discussing what? God's arrival. Unless you know of another way to 'interpet' what Jesus meant when he said "...of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. " God didn't come 'in his power', he was a disembodied voice. Were Elias and Moses the holy angels?

Is it really a rational response to say "Well, he was just giving them a little taste. A sneek-peek. A preview."? Even operating within the confines of the fantasy it just don't add up. God didn't come 'in his power', he was a disembodied voice. Were Elias and Moses the holy angels?

Also, considering ALL of Jesus' word in the NT, how does he come across to you?

Natural born leader. The dude (going with the story here) had the best interests for mankind and was sincere in his giving of his own life for the sake of others.

Now. Not going with the story but playing with the myth, Jesus had some good morals overall. He knew it best if people would just treat others as they would want to be treated and forgive each other for transgressions the world would be a more peaceful place. Being a natural born leader and a smart feller he stages a buncha Criss Angel stuff and convinces that little tribe of numbnuts that he is God and they start to get a following. Rome squashes Jesus and his little band of brothers and a legend was born.
Anyways, that's my crazy idea of how the myth started.