Would it have been so bad if Jesus was just a man?
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Jesus was a great teacher either way you look at it so no it would not have been bad if jesus was just a man as a matter of  fact i believe he was just a man.  doesnt mean that his teachings were anyless profound.
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God made a mistake. He let his son die (what a dad) and the majority of the people on this Earth don't wish to be Christian. Jesus would have accomplished nore if he was allowed to continue living his life,  doing the great things that he did.
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If Hitler had believed in Jesus and was a true follower of Christ he wouldn't have murdered millions of Jews, Socialists and Gays. He wouldn't have sent people to war, he wouldn't have violated every commandment there is... he was a kind of Anti-Christ and if he goes to heaven, I'd volunteer for hell.
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IF Jesus was married, he would have only had one wife.  He was supposed to be Jewish, not Mormon.
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No, Thomas does not allude to the fact that Jesus was just a man.  The concept in fact would be contrary to most Gnostic believes.  Here's a quick quote from Thomas:\n\n(77) Jesus says:\n(1) "I am the light that is over all. I am the All.\nThe All came forth out of me. And to me the All has come."\n(2) "Split a piece of wood – I am there.\n(3) Lift the stone, and you will find me there."\n\nThomas is a "sayings gospel."  Unlike the Gospels that are in the Bible, it has no narrative.  It is just one Jesus quote after another.  Many scholars assign a first century date to Thomas, so it is at least possible that it is very old.\n\nGnostics believe that the material world is evil, and therefore God would never take the form of a man.  Gnostics have what is called a docetic view of Christ.  That is that he only appeared to be human, and had none of the actual physical characteristics of a human.  The goal of Gnostics is to escape the limitations and evil of this physical world and return to the spiritual world they believe we came from.\n\nGnosis.org is a great resource for gnostic information and has several copies of the Gospel of Thomas
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if my only other option was jesus...damnation
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Sure, Jesus was a prophet and we don't know what he looked like but there are lots 'pictures' of him around and people have played Jesus in movies. I don't think God gets upset about that if you have respect in your heart. I wouldn't want to adhere to a religion where you would be punished or executed for drawing a "likeness" of a prophet.
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No. He would be hailed as a great philosopher. You have to understand that the Messiah was prophesied to come and die for the sins of the world. He was the perfect sacrifice through which all of mankind can be saved.\nhttp://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/in_the_volume_of_the_book.pdf\n\nHe did not die because He acted like this or that which a novelist may try to tell you. He died because it was the plan of God for Him to die. It was necessary for the redemption of man from the bondage of sin.\nhttp://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/john_3-16.pdf\n\nBut Jesus is not done yet. He needs to come and vanquish the planet earth and rid it of it usurpers. That too is prophesied and should happen soon.\nhttp://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/seventieth_week_of_daniel.pdf\n\nThe trick is to be ready. In this last link, I lay out how the Jesus is the key to getting in touch with your Creator. All you need do is ask.\nhttp://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/getting_past_the_guard.pdf
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it sounds like what you are saying is if Jesus was still here on earth today, would he be treated with respect or like crap as he was in his day? and would we just repeat the past and worship him after he is physically dead, now that he is not around to hold us accountable.\n\nHe would definitely be treated like crap. \n\nIf you read the gospels it is pretty clear that Jesus was nonviolent, nonresistant, compassionate and lived simply.\n\nJust look at the people who have respect and power in this world and they are the exact opposite of having Jesus' qualities. \n\nThese people go to war....for stupid reasons..which is violence(jesus was nonviolent) and yet So called christians approve of this along with capital punishment and a variety of other violent means.\n\nThese people don't turn the other cheek. (jesus was Nonresistance). Despite the teachings of turning the other cheek, do the well-respected rulers and so-called heroes in our society really turn the cheek or geniunely forgive...of course not. people who love power usually don't.\n\nAre these well-respected people compassionate? (jesus was compassionate). If they are compassionate, then how can so many people in this world let alone the wealthiest of countries still be dominated by so much poverty and homelessness. And why are there so many bitter divorces (which is also not turning the other cheek or forgiveness) and crime and corrupt leadership and so on....? \n\nAre these Heroes of ours living simply? (Jesus and his followers lived simply, knowing that possesions corrupt and giving is love).\nThis is probably the obvious of all to answer and the one that most christians and others will not be willing to do. eventhough the gospels repeatedly warn of the worshipping of mammon and lost of heavenly rewards by having these things. This is one area that is the most emphasized in the gospels and the one area that is mostly ignored,...for obvious reasons. \n\nSo, would jesus be hated and despised and treated like crap if he were here today?. absolutely...and the evidence is that the one's who are most antichristain(christian being someone who is christlike and christlike being someone who follows a life as explained above)are treated the best in our society and the one's who are most christ-like are treated inferior.\n\nAnd because of this antichristian worshipping that world socities do....they would have to take  the real christ and turn him into an idea the same way that we turn human beings into celebrrties and worship him on our terms not his. Thus making jesus invisible even while visible.
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Anything is possible since Jesus (pbah) was just a  man with a massage. All of the Prophets brought messages and had children why not Jesus (pbah)
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it was common back then to behead prophets,(ex. John the Baptist) so if Christ had been beheaded it would have shown that he was 'only' a prophet, The Crucifixion at Golgotha (place of the skull) fulfilled a prophecy, and signaled a change.\n\n"If Jesus were beheaded, would we still be having an argument concerning his alledged divinity?"  \nHe would not have fit the profile of The Christ if He was beheaded, so I doubt there would be an argument
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as someone who believes in the historical jesus and not the religious jesus, i would have to say that i would be none of the above.  i would simply be glad that it is him on the cross and not me.
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Yes it's in the gospel of either Matthew, Mark, Luke or John that he was in charge of the money. So it would be senseless that money was the chief reason he betrayed Jesus.
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It is highly unlikely an unmarried adult male would have been respected, followed or referred to as "rabbi" in ancient Judea.\n\nThe Jesus story created by the Roman Empire was intended as an insult to Jews.
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When Jesus died,it was a sad event,but there were people who went through alot more suffering than he did.Can you imagined being inslaved all your life?Can you imagin being experimented on?Can you imagin being burned to death?All through centries,people have suffered terribly.What makes Jesus so special?He wasn't the only person who was tortured and cruxified.Some believe that he never sinned and that he died for our sins,but I disagree.Jesus was only human,not a god.Of course he sinned according to society's standards.Lust is a sin.You mean to tell me that he never looked at a beautiful woman in awe.I doubt it.Jesus was a man with testosterone hormons.I highly doubt that he wasn't attracted to woman at all.\n\nJesus was only a man.\n\n\nNow to answer your second question.Jews and Romans were responsible for his death.Not Jews and Romans of today though.I don't understand why people blame Jews and Romans of today for the murder of Jesus.They have nothing to do with it.just like the white people of today havenothing to do with Africans being inslaved and abused.
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Maybe Jesus should have tried to "jew" down his death sentence.
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I wouldn't care. I think Jesus wasn't all he's cracked up to be anyway. I don't live my life by that book, regardless. I hate all the anti-female messages in it. As I grew older, I realized that Christianity was created as a way to control the people after the fall of the Roman Empire. I love how hateful people are like dagger and how quick they are to call names (usually the "diehard" Christians, ironically). I am not anti-God. I strongly believe in a supreme being, but I am anti-religion. I just think people got some of the details wrong along the way, that's all.