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Jesus, 2000 years ago
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Jesus, 2000 years ago
So, a fairly serious if unsettling topic for the religious;

did Jesus fully experience life as a Middle Easterner 2000 years ago?

like, was he subject to food poisoning? contaminated water? lice? intestinal parasites? bug bites? prickliness of nettles? did spicy food 'burn' ? Did He have BO ? Could a splinter or thorn pierce his heel? Tooth decay? Eye crud in the morning? Grinding his teeth while He slept ? Leg cramps ?

Seriously. If he was impervious to all of that, did He really 'share' in the ancient time ambience? If He wasn't susceptible to, let's say BO, and everyone else was (why wouldn't they be?) it seems odd it wasn't remarked upon in Scripture.
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
They had no toilet paper back then, either.
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
(July 25, 2014 at 10:53 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: So, a fairly serious if unsettling topic for the religious;

did Jesus fully experience life as a Middle Easterner 2000 years ago?

like, was he subject to food poisoning? contaminated water? lice? intestinal parasites? bug bites? prickliness of nettles? did spicy food 'burn' ? Did He have BO ? Could a splinter or thorn pierce his heel? Tooth decay? Eye crud in the morning? Grinding his teeth while He slept ? Leg cramps ?

Seriously. If he was impervious to all of that, did He really 'share' in the ancient time ambience? If He wasn't susceptible to, let's say BO, and everyone else was (why wouldn't they be?) it seems odd it wasn't remarked upon in Scripture.
But if Peter stank and the Pharisees stank, and Herod stank, who would notice that Jesus stank?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
(July 26, 2014 at 12:12 am)Minimalist Wrote: They had no toilet paper back then, either.

They have now?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
Never saw Jesus in parachute pants break dancing; therefore, he was never relevant.
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
How did they wipe their asses?
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
Jesus got fully wet when he was baptized. His normal habit was to let women wash his feet with their tears and dry them with their hair. Then he would have them douse him with expensive perfume.
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
If Jesus was one actual character, as apparently depicted in the biblical account, then yes... The dude stank!
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
(July 26, 2014 at 2:00 am)KUSA Wrote: How did they wipe their asses?

With the bible?
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
(July 25, 2014 at 10:53 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: So, a fairly serious if unsettling topic for the religious;

did Jesus fully experience life as a Middle Easterner 2000 years ago?

like, was he subject to food poisoning? contaminated water? lice? intestinal parasites? bug bites? prickliness of nettles? did spicy food 'burn' ? Did He have BO ? Could a splinter or thorn pierce his heel? Tooth decay? Eye crud in the morning? Grinding his teeth while He slept ? Leg cramps ?

Seriously. If he was impervious to all of that, did He really 'share' in the ancient time ambience? If He wasn't susceptible to, let's say BO, and everyone else was (why wouldn't they be?) it seems odd it wasn't remarked upon in Scripture.
Who ever said that He was impervious to all of that? He was a human being. He probably also had wet dreams.
He also took over the family business after His father died, earning enough money to keep His mother and siblings alive. His hands would have been calloused. After sweating in the hot sun, He would have stank.
As a 12 year old, He was even scolded by His parents for sneaking off without their consent.
His skin didn't prevent a whip from tearing it apart and bloodying His back. Neither did it prevent nails from entering his hands or thorns from bloodying His head.
...and YES - as an infant He shit His "diapers".
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