Thanks, Ellen. I added a bit to the Notes in the article. My spiritual gut does say, "No way." I am very much not Christ-like, but I can't imagine killing someone. So if it's not in me, it wasn't in him.
But I didn't write that gospel, someone else did. Perhaps someone with an agenda, but often bits and pieces of truth exist in even the most extravagant of lies. The Bible is pretty full of references to Jesus as occasionally being an impatient teacher -- we aren't the brightest bulbs in the sky, after all, so I don't blame him.
To me, even if we dislike the story, it fortifies the overarching theme of the Bible on forgiveness.
There is no biblical mention of it. The myth was created by Pope Gregory .
Wikipedia is not authoritative, but it still has valuable info. From an article about her:
Because Mary is listed as one of the women who supported Jesus' ministry financially, she must have been relatively wealthy.[9][30] The places where she and the other women are mentioned throughout the gospels indicate strongly that they were vital to Jesus' ministry[31][32][33][34] and that Mary Magdalene always appears first, whenever she is listed in the Synoptic Gospels as a member of a group of women, indicates that she was seen as the most important out of all of them.[35][36][37] Carla Ricci notes that, in lists of the disciples, Mary Magdalene occupies a similar position among Jesus' female followers as Simon Peter does among the male apostles.[37]
Thank you for this. It all makes perfect senses.
Of course, being in a child's body would having him behaving like a child and relishing - with abandon - the powers he came in with.
Of course, he'd need to learn humility and empathy as part of being in a human body.
I read that he eventually studied with Masters in India. That would explain the years he went missing and his philosophical growth.
“This boy is not of this earth; he can even tame fire. Perhaps he was born before the creation of the world."
That's it in a nutshell.
An intriguing read, Charles.
Thanks, Ellen. I added a bit to the Notes in the article. My spiritual gut does say, "No way." I am very much not Christ-like, but I can't imagine killing someone. So if it's not in me, it wasn't in him.
But I didn't write that gospel, someone else did. Perhaps someone with an agenda, but often bits and pieces of truth exist in even the most extravagant of lies. The Bible is pretty full of references to Jesus as occasionally being an impatient teacher -- we aren't the brightest bulbs in the sky, after all, so I don't blame him.
To me, even if we dislike the story, it fortifies the overarching theme of the Bible on forgiveness.
Well, that about does it for me. See ya.
Did you even read it? No, I didn't think so.
How do you know Mary Maga-daline wasn't a prostitute?
There is no biblical mention of it. The myth was created by Pope Gregory .
Wikipedia is not authoritative, but it still has valuable info. From an article about her:
Because Mary is listed as one of the women who supported Jesus' ministry financially, she must have been relatively wealthy.[9][30] The places where she and the other women are mentioned throughout the gospels indicate strongly that they were vital to Jesus' ministry[31][32][33][34] and that Mary Magdalene always appears first, whenever she is listed in the Synoptic Gospels as a member of a group of women, indicates that she was seen as the most important out of all of them.[35][36][37] Carla Ricci notes that, in lists of the disciples, Mary Magdalene occupies a similar position among Jesus' female followers as Simon Peter does among the male apostles.[37]