Did the old wise men at the manger trick Mary and Joseph into believing that Jesus was the son of God?
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Mary tricked Joseph into believing that. She was knocked up by a roman soldier or by an alien visitor?
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No she did NOT. Mary was only pledged to be married to Joseph.\n\nMary was a person conceived without original sin as she was the chosen one to bear the Son of God. \n\nMary & Joseph did not have any physical relationship. So before Mary & Jospeh came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. \n\nYou can read the whole Holy Bible. Every thing is written and happened under the name of Lord Jesus, the Son of God. Even in the old tesimony God has indirectly told about the birth of the Christ.\n\nAccording to my knowledge, You are an anti-christian and placed this question here to insult Virgin Mary, the Mother of God and make fun of the Catholics with the anti-christ answers.\n\nIt doesn't matter if you believe or not, people answer possitively or negatively....the Truth is "Truth". No one can change it. \n\nMay the Blessed Mother pary to God for you that God may enlighten your mind to understand the truth.
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Sorry, I'm gonna pull a Mainworry but this answers your question better than I could have hoped for\n\nParable of the Two Sons:\n\nJesus told a story of two sons.  A father asked his first son to work in the fields, and he replied, "of course I will!"  He then went outside and changed his mind and did not work\n\nThe father asked his second son to help with the fields, and his son relied, "No!"  but later felt guilty and worked in the fields.\n\nJesus asked, "Now, which son did what was right?" and the crowd replied, "The second one!"  Jesus said, "Ah, surely prostitutes and tax collecters will enter heaven before you do".\n\nAthiests are the ones who say "No" to God, but often do what is right of their own choice.  Christians are the ones who say "Yes" to God, but then act in the opposite manner as they should.
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Your question is a little hard to answer. There are some things in the Bible, which I do not believe that we are to always know the answer to. But you might take into consideration that the astrologers were only human beings. And if you take a look at a Bible atlas, Jerusalem and Bethlehem are not very far apart. Do you think that it is possible that the men may have had to go through Jerusalem on their way to Bethlehem; and that maybe they might have mistakenly thought that Jesus was born in Jerusalem, rather than Bethlehem? And when they found out that it was Bethlehem where Jesus was to be born, then they proceeded on their trip; until they found the child Jesus? Of course God had the power to lead the wise men directly to Bethlehem, if He had chosen to do so. And this may of very well of been God's plan, and the wise men made a mistake, by stopping in Jerusalem. I am not saying that this is a positive fact, but a possibility. There are many questions in the Bible, which we cannot give positive answers to. But if it is a question of great importance, God will always help us to find the answer.
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There is no question whatsoever the "gospels" were tampered with.\n\nSir Isaac Newton (of falling apple fame), one of the most brilliant men in history, rejected the Trinity (Jesus is God) after studying the bible and the "gospels."\n\nIsaac Newton was a (Unitarian) Christian and a scientist. He studied religion far more than science.\n\n\nSee link below:
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Son of God.  the bible tells us that mary was a virgin therefore Joeph could not have been the father.
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Yes they are point clear reason why is because everything you just said was infact the truth we all know that the jesus the mormons follow who went to americas is indeed not the jesus we read from the word of God which is the bible. The book of mormon also the book of nomrom is  a false doctrine to lure people away from the state of the fact that the bible is the only true word of God there is there is no other book in its existence that can come close to the bible it would already be in the bible if that was true fact. So there fore the book of mormon can not be true.\nEveryone who has done there research on the fact that the book of pearl of great price was indeed stolen from egyptain helographic's from the egyptain book of the dead. Fact and proven. A mormon can state all they like that they know it to be true but when you ask them how do you know it to be true they say well my heart told me and God said not to trust the heart for the heart is wikked. Jesus also said when you pray pray this way our father who art in heaven.\nNot to the spirit of God but to the father as it says not to a made up heavenly father but to God the one who created you. Chrstians say in the name of the father the son and the holy spirt amen or sometimes they well say in the name of jesus amen mormons and i say these things in the name of jesus christ amen. Why do they say i say these things in the name in stead of saying in the name lol?
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This was during the Crucifixion.\n\nGenerally considered that Joseph was dead and, thusly, Mary was a widow.\n\nJesus, being thoughtful of His mother, was asking that the beloved disciple, John, take care of her.  So, "woman, behold thy son; son, behold thy mother"\n\nApparently a way of speaking, in that age and culture, (and when words were at a great premium)  whereby Jesus said to Mary, now John will be like a son to you; taking care of you. And to John He said, take care of Mary just as you would your own mother.
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Joseph is considered to be God.
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So if the followers of Jesus (pbuh) considered God to be their "Father," then how did they regard Jesus? \n\n"And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet." Matthew 14:5 (compare with Matthew 21:26) \n\n"And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee." Matthew 21:11 \n\n"But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet." Matthew 21:46 \n\n"And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:" Luke 24:19 \n\n"The woman sayest unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet." John 4:19 \n\n"Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world." John 6:14 \n\n"Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet." John 7:40 \n\n"And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people." Luke 7:16 \n\n"They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet." John 9:17 \n\nIndeed, how did Jesus himself describe himself? Let us read: \n\n"Nevertheless I (Jesus) must walk to day, and to morrow, and the [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem." Luke 13:33 \n\nAnd they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4, Luke 4:24, John 4:43 \n\nThis is once again confirmed in the noble Qur'an: \n\n«"And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Verily! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was [revealed] before me in the Torah"» The noble Qur'an, Al-Saf (61):6
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you would think that Jesus own people would know if he was the Messiah or not ;)\n\nmaybe they were on to something?
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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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No and yes.\n\nHow was James, “the brother of the Lord,” (Matt. 13:55, Acts 15:13-21, 1 Cor. 15:7, Gal. 1:19) related to Jesus? All believers agree he was related, but no one knows exactly how.\n\nThe possibilities are that James was:\n\n1. A full brother of Jesus, another Son of God born of the Blessed Virgin Mary. No one to my knowledge accepts that God had another child by the Blessed Virgin Mary.\n\n2. A half-brother of Jesus, a younger son of Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Some Christians believe this possibility but most Christians including those who are Catholic and Eastern Orthodox believe that Mary remained a virgin for her entire life.\n\n3. A stepbrother of Jesus, a son of Joseph and a previous wife. Many Christians believe that Joseph had a least one previous marriage that resulted in children.\n\n4. A stepbrother of Jesus, an adopted son of Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary. When parents died, relatives frequently took their children in and raised them as thier own. An adopted orphaned boy would be considered the brother of Jesus.\n\n5. A cousin of Jesus. The Aramaic language has no word for cousin. Aramaic frequently uses the word “aha,” which we translate into Greek as “adelphos” or English as brother, for cousin.\n\n6. A comrade of Jesus. This is a remote possibility. Greek uses adelphos the same as English does in “a band of brothers.” \n\nPossibilities 1 and 2 obviously go against Catholic beliefs.\n\nThe Catholic Church prefers possibility 5 but 3, 4 and 6 would not go against doctrine. \n\nWith love in Christ.
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Some people believe that he did.  They believe that he and Mary Magdalen married, traveled to India and had children;  The Gypsies from India are Christians, migrated out of India and into Europe and could be the direct or indirect progeny of Jesus and Mary.  Of course those who believe this do not accept Jesus' death on the cross and his ascension into heaven found in traditional Christian theology.
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I think they believe in the existence of Christ, but do not believe He is/was the Messiah.  But He is!
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Yes.  The Bible is an amazing book.  Those who are wise will read it and try to understand it.  The fool simply sits back and says "it all a myth"...
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miracles, no.  Jesus, I believe several people (not just apostles) have written of him.  From what I understand though, few imply the possibility that he's the son of God.