RE: Who was Jesus?
August 18, 2021 at 4:20 pm
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2021 at 4:22 pm by Bucky Ball.)
(August 18, 2021 at 3:50 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(August 18, 2021 at 3:33 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote: Of course it's ALL bullshit.No, it really isn't all bullshit. It doesn't matter if Jesus was literally God's Son or not, what matters is the fact that someone was trying to teach humanity a better way of living, and gladly received (unjust) punishment for these teachings. Jesus was a class act, and it doesn't matter if not everything it says about Him in the Bible, is true. What's important, is that He was, and still is, an invaluable friend of Man, ever-willing to comfort us in times of trouble, and extend His Hand to the poor and needy......not just the financially poor and needy, but the spiritually poor and needy, as well.
But it does to Christians. It's in the creeds. And getting it there was no simple matter.
They fought over it for decades, if not centuries .... which is one of the reasons why, ... when you read in a gospel or some other "early" writing, that Jesus was literally the son of god,
you know that at the very least, the text was edited or redacted LATER, as the theological concept had not developed until late.
If you read the proceedings of the councils they fought a LOT about it.
You can literally read ("watch") as they (humans ... all men of course) cook up their theology in the proceedings of the Councils (you can find them on Fordham's website).
The "filioque procedit" clause is part of the dispute between the various Christianities.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/ent...0the%20Son.
If there was a Jesus, the reason he was executed was not what you claim. Jerusalem was an occupied city, and the Romans were in charge.
They were not interested in the religious squabbles of the provinces. The thing that could get you executed was stirring up trouble.
There were many wandering preachers, who did miracles and the same thing you claim.
They were not executed.
It IS all bullshit. When does your Jesus "extend his hand" ? LOL To the Catholics who were molested by the clergy ? Nope. No Jebus there.
To the Haitians who suffered the earthquake ? Nope. No Jesus there. To the Afghanis ? Nope. No Jesus there.
In fact all you have is sentimental non-historical drivel, and BS which you make up, on the basis of nothing.
You have this "hippie Jesus" concept, that you dreamed up while smoking something.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell
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