I feel that after several hundred years of folk-telling and other word-of-mouth avenues of historical record, all sorts of craziness develops over the accuracy of pretty much all dogmatic scripture.
Is Jesus one and only one Jesus, or the composite of several characters that were told about in the dusty past? Are Zoroaster and Abraham different men, or the same? How the hell did Moses write the rest of those books after he died in Exodus?
Find out at 11! On ACTION GOD NEWS!!!!!
EDIT: Penn and Teller? My familiarity with them is as deep as recognizing that they're a magic/comedy act thats usually very bloody. When do they do anything with religion? So, wtf r u tlkng ab00t, plz?
Don't forget early Christian leaders romoving or changing some parts to better fit what they thought it should be about, and not including the gospels according to the other eight apostles. I'm fairly sure early copies of them have been discovered, and that one or two said he killed people with his powers when he was a child.
Don't forget early Christian leaders romoving or changing some parts to better fit what they thought it should be about, and not including the gospels according to the other eight apostles. I'm fairly sure early copies of them have been discovered, and that one or two said he killed people with his powers when he was a child.
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas describes Jesus as a small boy. At the beginning he is walking through a crowd, and some kid bumps into him so, as god just said, Jesus kills him with his divine power. Many zany antics ensue, in which Jesus turns people into goats and shit. But of course, he undoes all the things he does, so he's still, technically, "sinless". Crazy shit, huh? Wonder why that didn't make it into the Bible?
Also, Penn and Teller do a show called "Bullshit" where they talk about things they consider common misconceptions or applications of stupidity. They talk about PETA, recycling, prostitution, and many other things, including episodes on religion and creationism, specifically focusing on the debate in some southern state about evolution in school.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff should be required reading for this thread. It tackles all of these important questions of Jesus' childhood. Such as: where did he go? How did he handle his mission? Who were his friends? What if he knew kung-fu?
Fantastic read. Like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but with Jesus.
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Is Jesus one and only one Jesus, or the composite of several characters that were told about in the dusty past? Are Zoroaster and Abraham different men, or the same? How the hell did Moses write the rest of those books after he died in Exodus?
Find out at 11! On ACTION GOD NEWS!!!!!
EDIT: Penn and Teller? My familiarity with them is as deep as recognizing that they're a magic/comedy act thats usually very bloody. When do they do anything with religion? So, wtf r u tlkng ab00t, plz?
Powers?
What do you get when you combine BC and AD?
BAD C. That's right, you get a bad christ, boy. Ya hurd!
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas describes Jesus as a small boy. At the beginning he is walking through a crowd, and some kid bumps into him so, as god just said, Jesus kills him with his divine power. Many zany antics ensue, in which Jesus turns people into goats and shit. But of course, he undoes all the things he does, so he's still, technically, "sinless". Crazy shit, huh? Wonder why that didn't make it into the Bible?
Also, Penn and Teller do a show called "Bullshit" where they talk about things they consider common misconceptions or applications of stupidity. They talk about PETA, recycling, prostitution, and many other things, including episodes on religion and creationism, specifically focusing on the debate in some southern state about evolution in school.
Jesus just barely was able to beat Moses.
Fantastic read. Like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but with Jesus.