Would Jesus Have Converted?
Considering that Jesus was a devout Jew with no intention of starting a new faith (let alone one in his name): suppose he had been transported miraculously to modern times, say about twenty years ago, living in secret so that he could get used to the modern world, observe and try to understand it: what would he make of Christianity?
What would he make of either faith today?
(Please offer well-considered responses, not pontifications nor flaming.)
Re: Would Jesus Have Converted?
Originally posted by MindshipThank you for your insightful thoughts.
Considering that Jesus was a devout Jew with no intention of starting a new faith (let alone one in his name): suppose he had been transported miraculously to modern times, say about twenty years ago, living in secret so that he could get used to the modern world, observe and try to understand it: what would he make of Christianity?What would he make of either faith today?
(Please offer well-considered responses, not pontifications nor flaming.)
Re: Re: Would Jesus Have Converted?
Originally posted by debbiejo
Thank you for your insightful thoughts.
I believe that the Jesus of the book is quite different from the Jesus of the here and now. Jesus wasn't about making a Cult or a religion. Nor was he about his proving about you believe this or not. He was so wonderful in his words of him. Since the beginnings here on this form I have always agreed with the wise words of Jesus.
Do you have any food?You're on a roll... (pun intended 😛 ).
Originally posted by Goddess Kali
Jesus would have seen that Buddhists are more loyal to his message than many Christians even are....
I agree. Christians (as a whole) violate the very words of the Christ every living day of their life, although it is no fault of their own. I believe that its human nature to be evil.
Originally posted by FeceMan
No, apparently the Bible says that God isn't such a nice guy and we have to assume that He sends babies to hell. So God would be high-fiving the WBC.
No, didn't you hear? The Catholic Church now claims that unbaptized babies don't go to Limbo, (which isn't exactly Gehenna, BTW).
Originally posted by Goddess Kali
What the **** are you talking about ?
Anyone with half a brain could discern that he was referring to the fact that Buddhist MONKS survive off of charity.
Originally posted by Mindship
Considering that Jesus was a devout Jew with no intention of starting a new faith (let alone one in his name): suppose he had been transported miraculously to modern times, say about twenty years ago, living in secret so that he could get used to the modern world, observe and try to understand it: what would he make of Christianity?What would he make of either faith today?
(Please offer well-considered responses, not pontifications nor flaming.)
And No, Jesus would not likely have convertyed to anything, even if a bunch of Buddhist wannabes think so. He would likely remain a wired combo of a heretic Jew and a pre-Christian.
Why would he convert? If he is the son of God and God himself, why the hell would he accept another religion?
Originally posted by Willaume
I agree. Christians (as a whole) violate the very words of the Christ every living day of their life, although it is no fault of their own. I believe that its human nature to be evil.
It's not human nature to be evil, we do harsh things because we live in a harsh world. We are conditioned to worry about our own survival, and being to care less and less for the happiness of others.
If Life were much easier, people would be far kinder to each other. Unfortunately, we all seem to generally live in the Fourth World: Anamality.