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[Kwangjuchicken]

[quote="Bingo"]Here we go again with people talking about what Jesus thought. We know absolutely NOTHING about what he thought. There is no evidence that he even existed. (Remember, people back then believed Hercules was an actual person too.) If he did exist we know absolutely nothing about him. He left no records. None of the gospel writers had met him. The gospels were written decades after he had died (if he existed at all). And the gospels do not portray Jesus as totally moral. In fact, he could be a downright jerk at times. At times he appears racist and sexist, and believed his opponents were going to burn in hell. He wouldn't give one disciple a day off to go bury his father. He told another that he must hate his family, otherwise he was unfit to be his disciple. So much for family values Jesus.

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/mt/cr_list.html


If Hercules is not real, then how could he have been in so many movies over the years, not to mention his TV Show.

[Insidejohnmalkovich]

But he did thunder against sodomy, feminism, atheism, perversion, theft, laziness, oppressive bureaucracy, excessive taxation, idolatry, drunkeness, body piercing and wearing the opposite sex's clothes. maybe he was Muslim.

[laogaiguk]

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[mithridates]

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[Oreovictim]

Do you ever go to Thebricktestament.com? Bible stories done with Legos. I love it!


[quote="Kwangjuchicken"]

[philipjames]

If I recall it wasn't the Bingo poster who brought the serious touch to the OP's (admittedly uninspired) thread. It was Adventurer for suggesting that he knew what kind of church Jesus wanted. Bingo simply pointed out the absurdity of pretending to know the thoughts of a person whose existence and/or thoughts on any matter are lost in the mists of history. We don't know. Nor should we really care, given that he probably thought the earth was flat and Yahweh could read his thoughts. I think it is important to knock religious superstition and nonsense wherever it shows up.

When someone, who supposedly has a college degree, starts talking about knowing what Zorastra, Thor or Jesus really want it deserves comment....Especially since churches are not 'silly', they are dangerous enslavers of the human mind. Calling them silly won't make them go away. And go away they must.

After 9/11 religion, in all its evils and absurdities, can no longer be deemed a mere personal matter.

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[ernie]

i don't think it really matters whether jesus was real or not to speculate upon what kind of church he would have wanted... we can speculate upon the motives of literary characters as well as real ones, so let's do that with 'literary jesus' as well...

while i don't think that jesus (whether real or not) represents the pinnacle of human achievement or the embodiment of God, he does make a few good points, including:
forgiveness, honesty, standing up for what you believe, and 'the golden rule'

IMO, jesus is/was against organized religion, so i think he would support a more personal spiritual style instead of the current church-based mass worship holier-than-thou model... i don't think that he would necessarily follow the new testament, since it is based on a lot of hearsay and its inception and compliation (like the old testament) was motivated more by politics and control than by humanity and love...

[Bingo]

Fine. I apologize for making a serious post on a 'fun' thread about the 'silliness' of religion. I would like to make up for my attempt at helping to bring people into the 17th century, by returning the light-hearted theme. I give you George Carlin and Bill Maher.

Carlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

Maher
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eKvOyyqKaZ0

Again, my apologies.

[Kuros]