There are obvious sections of Jesus' life that were left out.  When I went to church they would say that nothing of consequence happened during that time, or some other equally unexplanitory statement.  But if Jesus was the son of God and never did anything wrong, wouldn't it be a good example for children to know what his childhood was like?  And if that's not the reason behind leaving out that information, isn't it possible that they (the people who compiled all the data) left out parts because it didn't fit with their agenda?  And if you say that the people who COMPILED the bible didn't have an agenda, I will say to you, it is human nature to have an agenda.
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many do know ,but do not like to admit it or rather pretend that everything is ok.Otherwise they have to come to terms with reality ,and religion is a drug after all,which absolves the people from reality and places them in a contented fantasy with all questions answered.\n\nthat the bible is a document compiled ,over the centuries ,updated periodicly to adjust to the times and people threshold of credibility is certain.\n\nWritten by devious old men as part of a ancient stratey for manipulation,power,finance  with control as a goal\nwith a complex agenda which to this day is being persued\n\nthat this agenda exists  is being revealed more  and more ,this being the age of revelations (as is mentioned by Terance MacKenna,Nostradamus,Jesus to name a few the dawn of the new milinium being a time of great revalations)\n(check www,infowars-David Icke the biggest secret)
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It is very sad. Anyone who does a good amount of reading on ethics will know better. Christians tend to not read good books. They just accept the beliefs they were raised with and stick to them out of loyalty, fear, and familiarity. A lot of people don't like to think that what their parents taught them was wrong. A lot of people also have a very hard time dealing with mortality without a belief in a Heaven and benevolent god waiting for them. The truth is, we really just do not know what happens. There could be a deeper purpose to our being here. There could of been an intelligence behind what is. I would never say there definitely is or is not. On the same token though I can see the works or man from a mile away. The Bible wreaks of man, and all his fears. It's far too obvious that a god had nothing to do with what's in that book. I can can spot it just like I can spot the hand writing of a three year old. It's a shame others have such a hard time seeing this. I think this goes beyond their intelligence or lack thereof. It comes from a much deeper emotional issue. To lose faith in God would be akin to losing meaning to everything and that would leave them horribly broken and lost. It's too bad they can't see the other alternatives. One can lead a very spiritual life without placing belief in ridiculous claims.
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There are only 3 years of His life followed, because that was the length of his ministry.  The bible is not the story of Jesus' life.  The books; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the books that are the Gospel of Jesus.  They are a narrative of His life.  Think of those books as biographies, sort of.
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#2 first.  There are contradictions in the two genealogies.  Thus it would be a mistake to take them as an accurate historical record.  Think of them instead in terms of what the Gospel writer is trying to accomplish.  Both are trying to show Jesus' place in the history of salvation, moreso than in chronological history.\n#1 this one requires faith.  It is well known that the Resurrection accounts are not consistent in the usual sense of time and space.  Depending on how we read them there may have been 40 days between the Resurrection and the Ascension, or both may have happened on the same day.  Well, which one is it?  The answer is BOTH!  Jesus is risen in a glorified, physical body.  In some ways he is subject to the normal laws of the physical world.  He can be touched.  He eats.  He walks.  In other ways he is not subject to normal laws.  He passes through locked doors.  He disappears before the eyes of the two men at Emmaeus.  Most striking, he seems to be present in the upper room with the apostles at the same time (or at least very close to it) as he is with the disciples in Emmaeus, 8 miles away.  The Risen Christ is not subjec to time and space.  He can be in two places at once.  Think about it in modern terms.  We say that Christ is with us.  Wherever two or three are gathered in his name.  That means that he is all over the world, simultaneously.  There are twos and threes all over the world gathered in his name and he is with all of them.  At the same time we say that he is seated at the right hand of the Father.  He is in heaven and on earth at the same time and all over the earth at the same time.
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Each book of the bible was written with a purpose.  Matthew and Luke were specifically interested in establishing the parentage and lineage of Jesus.  Mark, John and Paul were interested in other things.  John even addresses this at the end of the gospel when he writes that all the books in the world would not be enough to contain all that he wanted to say.  In other words, his book contained what it needed to fulfill its purpose.\n\nFor example, I have several cookbooks that do not talk about ovens, how they work, and how to repair them even though you need an oven to bake.  Why?  The authors know that this is covered in other books. The same is true with books of the Bible.
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The primary uproar from the DaVinci Code was that Jesus wasn't the true son of God, but that the church made that up years later.  \n\nAs for the rest of it, any time that you take something that has been long established or believed and try to change it, there will be those who resist just because that's "how it always was."\n\nI agree with your postscript, by the way.
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It is a strange thing, actually, and a few scholars are actually pushing for the mythical christ idea. Personally I think it explains the evidence better - think about it, if the events in the gospels did occur as they are portrayed, then it's totally inconcievable to me that *not one* contemporary historian bothered to write down any corroborating account.  Think about it, if dead saints were jumping out of their graves, don't you think one of the 40 contemporary historians would have made mention of it?\n\nI do.\n\nThe thing is, apologists will point to the interpolated accounts of Josephus in order to show that there were contemporary accounts - the problem is that Josephus was born in the year 37.  In other words, he wasn't a contemporary.  The best Christians can do is come up with accounts decades after the fact.  One of the posters here says that we should consider Josephus and Tacitus more then we do - but why? Neither actually has any first hand knowledge of Jesus, both of them are going off of what the Christians at the time were telling them.  In short, they are no more credible then the gospel accounts.\n\nIt's a tangled web we weave when we practice to believe (Dr. Price says this).\n\nCheck out the links below:
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Bible doesn't specify what the carpenter built, was it furniture or boats? Why mention it? Same thing, Jesus was human and it was normal to be married, so why write about something that is obvious? Even the gnostics, who wrote that he loved her, didn't mention any details at all. If the writer's intention was to only make Mary look like Jesus' wife, then she (gnostic writers were mainly females) would have added details. They didn't because it is irrlevent, it's the "love" that is important and that's all. However note that the gnostics married spiritually, the marriage ceremony was sexual intercourse. Note also the wedding mentioned in the Christian bible... it was "on the third day" (significance?), the groom always provided the wine (Jesus turned water into wine there [this is symbolical, not a miracle]). Then, who is "the disciple whom Jesus loved"? Why does the writer not simply say who it is? If bible is "word of God" then the reader has a right to know. Why the mystery? The reason is because the gnostics were all about "hidden knowledge", that is how they wrote. Gospel of John is the most "gnostic" of the synoptics. No time left, but yes there is more than enough evidence to support that the Magdalene was Jesus' consort.
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Two of the most meticulous record keepers of Ancient Times were the Romans and the Jews, and as you rightly point out, the events recorded in the Bible somehow seemed to escape their notice.  Pontius Pilate's court records still exist, and there is no mention of the trial of Jesus or of the supposed custom of allowing the crowd to free a prisoner.  It is a tradition among the Egyptian Coptic's that their Church was founded by the Apostle Mark, in 42 ad, certainly the first major Christian Chatecal School was in Alexandria, but not until 190, so there could have been several generations worth of revisions.  Hadn't heard that one about about the Sun metaphor, Jesus didn't even get a nimbus in religious art until the 5th century, and then it was part of political deal the Emperor was cutting, The three main religions in Rome at the time were Christianity, the scribes and record keepers, Mithra ism, the army, and Sol Invites (the Unconquerable Sun), the wealthy landowners.  He couldn't afford to make any of them mad, so he declared Mithra and Jesus were two names for the same being, and that YHWH was another name for Sol Invictus.  That is why the rays of the Sun became a Christian symbol of holiness.  The Bible, in it's current form, only dates back to the Vulgate, which was completed in 405.  Personally, I think we should go back to traditional values, this new fangled Christianity stuff just ain't working out.
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Yes and one example is Jesus's life is absent in the bible from the age of 13 to the age of 33! big chunk of his life is missing there.\n\nOh and before I forget, here is the result of constant tampering and editing of the holy bible that conradicts itself enormously!\n\nTheological doctrines:\n\n1. God is satisfied with his works\nGen 1:31\nGod is dissatisfied with his works. \nGen 6:6\n2. God dwells in chosen temples\n2 Chron 7:12,16\nGod dwells not in temples\nActs 7:48\n3. God dwells in light\nTim 6:16\nGod dwells in darkness\n1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2\n4. God is seen and heard\nEx 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/\nEx 24:9-11\nGod is invisible and cannot be heard\nJohn 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16\n5. God is tired and rests\nEx 31:17/ Jer 15:6\nGod is never tired and never rests\nIs 40:28\n6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things\nProv 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21\nGod is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all \nthings\nGen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8\n7. God knows the hearts of men\nActs 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3\nGod tries men to find out what is in their heart\nDeut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12\n8. God is all powerful\nJer 32:27/ Matt 19:26\nGod is not all powerful\nJudg 1:19\n9. God is unchangeable\nJames 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ Ezek 24:14/ Num 23:19\nGod is changeable\nGen 6:6/ Jonah 3:10/ 1 Sam 2:30,31/ 2 Kings 20:1,4,5,6/ \nEx 33:1,3,17,14\n10. God is just and impartial\nPs 92:15/ Gen 18:25/ Deut 32:4/ Rom 2:11/ Ezek 18:25\nGod is unjust and partial\nGen 9:25/ Ex 20:5/ Rom 9:11-13/ Matt 13:12\n11. God is the author of evil\nLam 3:38/ Jer 18:11/ Is 45:7/ Amos 3:6/ Ezek 20:25\nGod is not the author of evil\n1 Cor 14:33/ Deut 32:4/ James 1:13\n12. God gives freely to those who ask\nJames 1:5/ Luke 11:10\nGod withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving \nthem\nJohn 12:40/ Josh 11:20/ Is 63:17\n13. God is to be found by those who seek him\nMatt 7:8/ Prov 8:17\nGod is not to be found by those who seek him\nProv 1:28\n14. God is warlike\nEx 15:3/ Is 51:15\nGod is peaceful\nRom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33\n15. God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious\nJer 13:14/ Deut 7:16/ 1 Sam 15:2,3/ 1 Sam 6:19\nGod is kind, merciful, and good\nJames 5:11/ Lam 3:33/ 1 Chron 16:34/ Ezek 18:32/ Ps 145:9/ \n1 Tim 2:4/ 1 John 4:16/ Ps 25:8\n16. God's anger is fierce and endures long\nNum 32:13/ Num 25:4/ Jer 17:4\nGod's anger is slow and endures but for a minute\nPs 103:8/ Ps 30:5\n17. God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings, \nsacrifices ,and holy days\nEx 29:36/ Lev 23:27/ Ex 29:18/ Lev 1:9\nGod disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings, \nsacrifices, and holy days.\nJer 7:22/ Jer 6:20/ Ps 50:13,4/ Is 1:13,11,12\n18. God accepts human sacrifices\n2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39\nGod forbids human sacrifice\nDeut 12:30,31\n19. God temps men\nGen 22:1/ 2 Sam 24:1/ Jer 20:7/ Matt 6:13\nGod temps no man\nJames 1:13\n20. God cannot lie\nHeb 6:18\nGod lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive\n2 Thes 2:11/ 1 Kings 22:23/ Ezek 14:9\n21. Because of man's wickedness God destroys him\nGen 6:5,7\nBecause of man's wickedness God will not destroy him\nGen 8:21\n22. God's attributes are revealed in his works.\nRom 1:20\nGod's attributes cannot be discovered\nJob 11:7/ Is 40:28\n23. There is but one God\nDeut 6:4\nThere is a plurality of gods\nGen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/ Gen 18:1-3/ 1 John 5:7\nMoral Precepts\n\n24. Robbery commanded\nEx 3:21,22/ Ex 12:35,36\nRobbery forbidden\nLev 19:13/ Ex 20:15\n25. Lying approved and sanctioned\nJosh 2:4-6/ James 2:25/ Ex 1:18-20/ 1 Kings 22:21,22\nLying forbidden\nEx 20:16/ Prov 12:22/ Rev 21:8\n26. Hatred to the Edomite sanctioned\n2 Kings 14:7,3\nHatred to the Edomite forbidden\nDeut 23:7\n27. Killing commanded\nEx 32:27\nKilling forbidden\nEx 20:13\n28. The blood-shedder must die\nGen 9:5,6\nThe blood-shedder must not die\nGen 4:15\n29. The making of images forbidden\nEx 20:4\nThe
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I will tell people about the story of my life, that is, how I met Jesus and how He changed me from the inside out. But I will not force people to accept Him. I believe that it is not my responsibility to tell people whether they are right or wrong, but rather to state my beliefs  and the reasons for my believing them, and hope they take my ideas into consideration. I mean, who am I to tell someone that they are wrong? The Bible itself says do not judge. I know that I am wrong in many ways as well, so why point out the sins of others when I have my own things to work on? It drives me crazy when I see those "christians" out on the street telling passer-bys that they are going to hell. It makes me question whether they have actually read the Bible. I mean, Jesus Himself says to remove the plank from one's own eye before pointing out the speck in someone else's. These are my thoughts on the subject. God bless!
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Man, I understand where your coming from.  I've studied other religions and looked into this Jesus and I've asked the same question and many more.  Jesus is special for a number of reasons.  Yes, there were many people who crucified as saviors before and after Jesus.  We still get people popping up claiming divinity.  The real question isn't so much as is Jesus the savior because he got a few books written about him, its why were there books written about him in the first place.  The most basic point anyone can show you is this...its not that Jesus died, its that he rose after his death.  And there is more evidence that he did actually rise 3 days later and not just Biblical evidence.  First off, the fact that the Roman leaders and armies wanted him gone, because it was the time of Pass Over which is the celebration of Jews getting out of Egypt, and at this time of year, the Jewish community gets a little out of hand, for the are now under the Roman rule.  So when Jesus comes in, and he's claiming to be their savior...the crowd thinks he's going to be a king and run the Romans out.  So, if Jesus didn't rise again, why did the Romans say nothing?  Why did the Jewish Pharaseas (please excuse my spelling) who pushed to have him killed, not stand up and say..."he's still dead!"?  What was it that gave Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John the confedance to step out of their hidding, for fear they were going to be crucified, and boldly speak of a living God, Jesus...and welcome their death?  These questions may seem weak, but if you really think about them and look at the history and try to get in the minds of all these people...only one thing makes since...Jesus is not dead...he rose, becoming a savior that no one expected, but a savior from ourselves.  Thats why Jesus is special, the others were saviors...they were fanatics.  There are a lot of other reasons why Jesus is special, but I honestly have the feeling that if this thought doesn't at least make you rethink the history, then anything else I say, will truly be pointless.
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There were a bunch of books left out of the Bible. Mostly this was done to maintain consistancy. You can read some of them at my link. I have read most of the ones on this page and there is little "new" information.
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Here is some facts for you.  Although the book by Dan Brown was fiction there was alot of research behind the events they describe in the bible.  As for the marriage although the bible does not come out and say Jesus married anyone the fact remains the he was a Rabi. To be a Rabi you needed to be married. If he was not married it would have been very odd in that time and alot of people would have wrote about it.  Lets also not forget that the bible is a collection of books that man wrote.  The fact is that there were thousands of people that followed Jesus around and the Roman ruler constantine only chose the books that made Jesus appear to be the son of "God".  He had a bunch of other writings burned if they showed Jesus to be more man like.  Also Mary would have not been allowed to follow Jesus around unless she was family with someone that did follow Jesus.  It still is a strict policy today in the middle east.  To top that off the bible says right out, I think it was Matthew that says it....he asks the other people "Why does Jesus love her (Mary) more than us.  It also states that Jesus kisses Mary unlike any other.  Try this book on for size its not fiction it is historical research.....called "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" very interesting read and it talks about the possible bloodline of Jesus.
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christians : hellooooooo !\nit is obvious this question cannot be answer with your stupid " it is in the bible " ....duh !\nthe question is about records, like the ones the city make? got it now christians?\nsomething that recorded anything about his existance at the time he existed.\nis there anything?\nnothing?\nhow convinient .....\n\nthere were no birth certificates back then, but there was a census ?\nthere were no death certificates back then, but there was a trial where he was sentenced to death ?\n\nhowcome ,christians, there is nothing about this jesus guy?
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Hi,the reality today is that Children are rarely taught about God at school and it would do no harm to us Parochial school, but remember, it is the soul duty of Parents to bring prayer and knowledge of God and faith to their Children, and not the duty of the school, it is very satisfying to read a Gospel story to them about Jesus,and there are some great illustrated Children`s Bibles, and you will be surprised how much kids love this.\nRegards.
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It's not a weird notion.  There is no evidence of a lot of things that transpired during the times of Christ.   Sure the Bible talks about it and is the ONLY accepted history of that time.   I'm inclined to think that the apostles did run with their interpretation of Christ's teachings.   I'm not so sure it was to create an alternate Jewish religion, but an alternate politically correct on of the time.   Jesus didn't come to Earth to have people worship him as God.  That was furthest from his teachings.  His teachings were to show people the way to the Father through his teachings.  Even the perverstion of "The only way to heaven is through Christ."   It simply means that to get to heaven is to be like Christ and follow his teachings.   It does not mean to worship him as God.   Never has, never did, never will.