How Jesus became a carpenter

[psychoslice]

I always thought being a carpenter as a metaphor, Jesus helped to build God in peoples heart, to erect a new creature in us all. Of course I don't believe that though.

[Mudhammam]

I always thought being a carpenter as a metaphor, Jesus helped to build God in peoples heart, to erect a new creature in us all. Of course I don't believe that though.

He definitely erects something in certain people, that's for sure.

[psychoslice]

He he, that's so funny.

[Lek]

The bible god is all powerful and all knowing. According to your beliefs, we all play by his rules or suffer some kind of horrible fate in the afterlife. Yet, bible god didn't think it important enough that the book which were supposed to guide his people wasn't one hundred percent accurate? How do you know that the mistakes in your bible are small ones, maybe the path they describe to salvation is incorrect

I didn't say that it was not 100% accurate, but that some of it takes much study. Also, when we speak of the bible being inspired, we are referring to the original texts. I'm sure there have been some errors in translation, but the Holy Spirit guides his church. Do you think that God just left us alone with a collection of books? When I first became a christian, I hadn't read most of bible yet, but I was still a christian.

[Aoi Magi]

you are a christian BECAUSE you haven't read and understood all his holy scriptures.

[Mudhammam]

I didn't say that it was not 100% accurate, but that some of it takes much study. Also, when we speak of the bible being inspired, we are referring to the original texts. I'm sure there have been some errors in translation, but the Holy Spirit guides his church. Do you think that God just left us alone with a collection of books? When I first became a christian, I hadn't read most of bible yet, but I was still a christian.

Sheesh. I never cease to be astounded at the credulity of some folk. There's absolutely no reason to think God inspired anyone to write a book that is basically no different from the other mythological stories of its time, or that a ghost guided anyone in preserving any particular translation.

It's amazing what people can tell themselves is credible especially when considering that their reasoning faculties seem to function just fine in every other circumstance.

[Drich]

Mark 6,3 reads: Is not this man the carpenter, the son of Mary ... etc.

This is the only place in the NT where Jesus is identified as a carpenter.

The Greek word used is 'tekton' .... now 'teknon' means "child"

Replacing tekton with teknon gives us the reading:

Is not this man the child, the son of Mary ....

The context is that this was the first time he'd been back to his home town since childhood. If he'd been the local carpenter they would have recognised him sooner, sort of thing.

Ahhhhhhhhhh, no.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektōn
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexi...5045&t=KJV

Transliteration
tektōn
Pronunciation
te'k-tōn (Key)
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of τιμωρία (G5098)
a worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, builder
a ship's carpenter or builder
any craftsman, or workman
the art of poetry, maker of songs
a planner, contriver, plotter
an author

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The rest of you are retards...

When will you all VERIFY before just jump on a band wagon?

[dyresand]

But... jesus being a carpenter couldn't be literal i think jesus and him being a carpenter was more of a metaphor if anything.

[Drich]

The work Tekton does not support a figurative meaning. It literally means a wood worker/laborer. Neither does the context. In context the pharasees were using a worn out atheist tactic of trying to dismiss Christ based on his pedigree rather than what He says or did. (Ad hoc attack) so calling a carpenter here is meant literally to try and make him easier to try and dismiss in their minds.

[c172]

How Jesus became a loser above you

ETA: This was posted to the wrong thread. So, I tried to delete it, but came up with this:
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