The Jesusometer

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  1. Dropship

    Dropship Well-Known Member

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    This question is open to atheists and anybody else-
    Bearing in mind that Jesus said-
    "You're my friends if you follow me. I don't call you servants, but I call you friends....Whoever comes to me I'Il never turn away" (John 15:15, John 6:37)
    Where would you rate yourself on the scale below, and why?

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  2. Just_a_Citizen

    Just_a_Citizen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I loved that JesusFlick!

    Mary, the mother, was a fox... Also, if I'm not mistaken, Jesus had played in The Wall.

    10 BTW.
     
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  4. The Wyrd of Gawd

    The Wyrd of Gawd Well-Known Member

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    What scale?
     
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    Just_a_Citizen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The one on the bottom of the image I guessed....

    No poll to vote on...
     
  6. Swensson

    Swensson Devil's advocate

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    I have no fundamental problem with being buddies with people I disagree with, I have no objection to befriending Jesus. I wouldn't say that means I follow Jesus, but then I don't think that's what the statement says. I also don't think that this has happened, indeed, I think the relevant Jesus is irrevocably dead, but that turns out to be false, I could reconsider.

    There are other reasons I might not be friends with Jesus, but given the breadth of Christian scripture, I wouldn't rely on any particular Bible quote to determine that. If I was in a position to befriend Jesus, I would ask him about it, rather than relying on scripture.

    I don't know that that position lends itself particularly well to a one dimensional scale.
     
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    A political agitator with some unrealistic social ideals who believes God talks to him? I think I’d keep a healthy distance to be honest. :)

    Plus the whole feet-washing thing would just weird me out.
     
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    The Wyrd of Gawd Well-Known Member

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    In the Bible feet is used as a metaphor for genitals.
     
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    Zero. I gave up imaginary friends when I began to think for myself.
     
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Are you suggesting that Jesus was gettin a little some some ?
     
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    They had to kill off the idea of Jesus having a wife because if they didn't it would mean that people could claim that they were his descendants and thereby be worthy of veneration and special status. It would have made the Pope irrelevant.
     
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    That picture looks like Satan. Everyone know what Jesus looks like and that's not him.

    http://www.bricktestament.com/revel..._on_tiny_mediterranean_island/rv01_14-16.html
     
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    Now that actually makes sense. The organized religion that arose long after the death of Christ was not a religion of Christ at all. Instead it was a religion about Christ, which is 180 from what it should have been. That is what explains so much killing done in his name.
     
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    When the Church got power around 325 they set out on a centuries long course of knowledge destruction and illiteracy. What were they trying to hide ?
     
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    Are there any actual written records from that time period? There were all kinds of oral stories.
     
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    There is a fair bit of written material from that time. The Romans were prolific writers. Much of what we know about some of the early Church fathers comes from Eusebius.
     
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    10.

    I watch this every Easter.

    I actually relate more to the Romans though.
     
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    Josephus was 70 A.D. and Eusebius was 325 A.D.

    That is as close as we can come.
     
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    It did not arise "long after".

    It arose during his lifetime, Lucifer.

    Now scram -- buzz off.
     
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    We don't know if Jesus had a wife or not.

    We know Mary Magdalene wanted to be his girlfriend though.

    He told her to buzz off on many occasions though.
     
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    Did you just pull this out of your wazoo??
     
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    Back then everyone wore sandals.

    Their feet got dirty.

    Washing of feet was common at any doorstep. Sort of like washing our hands today.

    Plus when you wash your feet your hands get washed too.
     

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