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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 6:23 pm
(May 5, 2013 at 3:55 pm)Thomas Bowers Wrote: Why is this so hard to see? The "Last Supper" was a party, at which the participants were drinking wine and probably inebriated. Mary Magdalene might have been there too, although her presence there would have been written out of the story in a heart-beat by the Romanized authors of the New Testament. It was organized to herald a hoped for intervention by God to end Roman rule but not for an actual immediate intervention. After all, "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
A lot of memorable things were said and some remembered, like at all parties. Jesus asked the disciples to remember him. The prospect of betrayal was bandied about. The times were clearly uncertain. These were men, after all is said and done.
Imbibing with the rest, Jesus might say it would only take two swords to defeat the Roman legions with the help of God, curse a fig tree, make a toast to a hoped for future event like the Messiah's Feast (the reason for calling the gathering "the last supper") or say other witticisms for an effect. Passover was a time of celebration as well as a time to yearn for liberation. For Christ's sake, it was a party!
It was not intended to be the doom and gloom event portrayed in the New Testament, but it was part of a package of events including Jesus' continual mockery of the Jewish priesthood and his pageantry of his riding an ass into Jerusalem as the prophesized messiah of Hebrew scripture, a symbol that aroused a cheer and excitement among the Jewish population, that had the dire consequence of his crucifixion. And it would have made Jesus especially vulnerable if Jewish authorities had placed a spy in his midst, which is not unheard of, is it?
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 7:31 pm
(May 5, 2013 at 5:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: That's an interesting religion you have there, Tom.
What do you call it?
Let's call it "de-paganized Christianity".
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 7:55 pm
(May 5, 2013 at 7:31 pm)Thomas Bowers Wrote: (May 5, 2013 at 5:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: That's an interesting religion you have there, Tom.
What do you call it?
Let's call it "de-paganized Christianity".
Whoa! At that rate, there won't be any Christianity left!
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 8:15 pm
They inebriated? That would explain why he woke up 3 days later in cave.
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 9:00 pm
lol love your avatar, wwjs
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 9:12 pm
(May 5, 2013 at 3:55 pm)Thomas Bowers Wrote: ... his pageantry of his riding an ass into Jerusalem as the prophesized messiah of Hebrew scripture...
You meant to say that Jesus rode TWO asses into Jerusalem, right?
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 11:05 pm
(May 5, 2013 at 5:46 pm)goodnews Wrote: You do realize this depiction of yours, is full of UN-SCRIPTUAL assumptions, and therefore just another theory !
So? Its not as if your precious scriptures hold any kind of authority.
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 11:13 pm
Thomas Bowers,
No fucking way you are related to Betty, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 11:21 pm
Quote:Let's call it "de-paganized Christianity".
That would make it a lot like dried water.
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RE: The Last Supper
May 5, 2013 at 11:47 pm
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2013 at 12:03 am by Thomas Bowers.)
(May 5, 2013 at 11:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:Let's call it "de-paganized Christianity".
That would make it a lot like dried water.
More like a crock pot denuded of artificial herbs and spices. Perhaps bland but more substantial.
(May 5, 2013 at 11:13 pm)cato123 Wrote: Thomas Bowers,
No fucking way you are related to Betty, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw
No, but I am honored to share the same name.
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