Who's your favorite character from Bible Mythology (besides Jesus)? Why?
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Any of the Hebrews men who conquered Canaan, because they got to rape any women they could grab in the cities they conquered... having murdered their fathers and brothers in front of them of course.\n\nNo, I take that back, my favourite is Elisha, because he got cool super powers and could sumon up bears to eat young boys because they called him baldy. It would b so cool to see young boys being eaten alive by a bear, don't ya think, especially for such a frivolus reason?\n\n\nNo, I changed my mind again. It's defintitely the Angel of the Lord. He gets really cool super powers all the time, and he gets to sluaghter everyone in cold blood: old men, women,  babies.\n\n"And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword. But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee."\n\n\nThen he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”  When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.  And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.\n\n"And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city."
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Jesus.\n\nHeb 12:2\nLooking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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No, Eve was not created with Adam.  There is the legend of Lilith, the first woman, she refused to do what Adam told her and she flew off to eventually marry Salathiel (an Angel gone bad) and they had some hellashish creature babies.  OOOOOO now the Christians are gonna jump me, they ought to check out how many of each kind of animal was on the ark, and who really killed Goliath, and were did the Sons of Anak come from if all the giants died in the flood.  Just a few inconsistencies in that great book.  But I believe in what is right, my own version, and if their versions every denomination can be "the way," then so can mine, but only for me!  Thanks man, this was fun.
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Really now? Says who? Did Jesus Christ impart this knowledge, himself? Sounds a little kooky. \n\nWho is this God character? Why is he invisible? I suppose I am the image of the invisible Michael. I am also Michael. \n\nAre you sure Jesus wasn't some crazy cultist? \n\nSomebody once told me to find Jesus, but I always thought he was long dead. Where's he buried? Somebody also once told me he floated up to an invisible land of enchantment. I have no idea how I'm supposed to find some dead, mentally ill guy, whose body has somehow magically disappeared, and then how do I prove if it's him or not? There were no dental records millenia ago, let alone DNA files. \n\nHm, I think Jesus is lost forever, unless he's that guy on the on ramp holding that sign, looking like a serial killer. At least that guy LOOKS a lot like Jesus. Anyhow, nope, I did not know that Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, and is also God. \n\nHey, I got an idea. Why don't you tell me all about it? This sounds like a pretty wild story!
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Um, the cross!No, too close to Thor's hammer and predated Christianity by a few thousand years.Um, a book! No, the Egyptians had several books.How about a resurection prophecy?Naw, can't do that either.We've got Persephone and Osiris and Balder,and tons of others.How about the son of God? No, wait, Hercules! Hmm.Nope,sorry, can't think of a damn thing.
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gotta go with homer j (simpson).  i know he's a cartoon, but he's my favorite because he's most like the general population and not afraid to admit it.
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I suppose you mean Lazarus, who was raised from the dead by Jesus. Interestingly, the Bible makes no mention of him dying a second time, although it is clearly understood that he did. However, there were several other Bible characters who were raised from the dead as well.
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Leviticus, my favorite book for proving the bible is fiction.
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Yashua ben Yoseph (Joshua, the son of Joseph)\n\nYashua {Hebrew-Aramaic} => Iesu(s) {Latin-Greek} => Jesus
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The God of the Old Testament certainly exhibits a violent nature. He is truly not a God of love or compassion. I notice his personality makes drastic changes from time to time. The more I study the Bible, the more I am coming to think that it is no more than myth.
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Jesus is the king of Jews! We read the Holy Bible. God is awesome.
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Kaká from Brazil. \n\nhttp://www2.uol.com.br/espnbrasil/destnew/020504kaka.jpg\nhttp://www.pipopa.net/syukyu/gallary5/kaka.jpg\nhttp://acmilanvn.com/anh/kaka_jesus.jpg\n\nIs it wrong that I want to cross out Jesus and write my own name on there? He's so deliciously gorgeous.
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Awesome question.  God and his pantheon.  Awesome!
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I recommend that you look into the folklore literature which will demonstrate how similar the bible and its themes are to other mythologies. Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung are excellent authors to start with. Christians basically believe what every other faith believes. Their way is the only TRUE path to God. In my opinion (as a Christian) that's incredibly narrow-minded. If you've read the Chronicles of Narnia (and if you haven't you should) the last chapter of book 7 "The last Battle" has a scene where Aslan (Christ) allows a young man who was a follower of Tash (another god/demon) into the real Narnia (Heaven) because his actions were congruent with the Aslan's teachings even though the young man didn't realize it. Basically I believe that those who are following Christ's spirit or philosophy even if they're not doing so in name have as much if not more truth than most christians.
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One of my favorite Bible stories involves a prophet gone wrong and a talking mule.\n\nIt's funny when the mule asks the prophet why he is beating his poor defenseless mule.\n\nWhat's even funnier though, is that he answers the mule like it talks to him all of the time :)\n\nThe moral of the story?  Don't beat yer mule.\n\nOkay, there is more to it than this, but when you are teaching little kids, he does make em giggle.
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I have yet to meet a non-Christian (besides obvious trouble-stirrers who are just saying things for shock value) who doesn't acknowledge Jesus as a good teacher and example of humankind--even those who don't believe he existed. A story can have just as much power as the truth, and in many cases, far more.
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Samson\nDavid\nSolomon