Was Jesus close-minded?
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yes, but you must understand that these weren't original thoughts of jesus\n\nthese thoughts were the prevailing winds in the ancient eastern world for centuries before christ arrived on the scene\n\nbuddhism, hiduism and some of the other nature worshipping religions had already come up with pacifcism, forgiveness, and so on\n\njesus was late to the table
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There is truth and it is NOT relative. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." He also said He was God. So either He was a liar or a lunatic or who He said He was. That leaves us with three choices that really become two. Jesus was God and the Truth, or He was a madman and truth is an illusion.
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Christian do have a mind to think otherwise God wouldn't have gievn us one, but my thoughts have over the years being influenced by the bible, Nevertheless I do make a point to paraphrase it to my experience so it is more at human level for someone like you to understand. Check my previous answers, I seldom use bible quotes straight off unless demanded.
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hey sweetheart, you are a JW correct? If so you Know where this came from!!  " Jesus pointed out that a person is far happier if he is aware of being in need spiritualy. Awareness of our spiritual need moves us to read the bible daily,......." ilmh@yahoo.com
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Jesus talks about His yoke being light. And He also refers to being the Churches bridegroom. (metaphorically)lol. \nBut when your married, a husband and wife ought to both believe. Statistics show that a marriage does better when they are in accord with each other in the same faith and passion. I dont Jesus was lieing. I am believer myself, and understand that a couple would a major strain if they are not a team in not standing together on THE ROCK!
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As a seeker of the truth and a student of life, and after many years of observation,\nResearch and comparative study, it appears to me that people often base their beliefs and judgments\nOn weak, sandy foundations. Rather than on the solid foundations of rock that Jesus recommended.\nConcerning the topic at hand, I have noticed some major differences between what is\ncommonly and officially understood about god in Christianity, and what the Bible itself states!\nIn this booklet, I would like to share with you-out of love and concern what I have noticed and\nLearned through my continuous journey of research, analysis, and study.\nThe intent of this work is to honestly and sincerely present the truth that I found, not to\nHurt the feelings of anyone.\nNow let us turn to discuss some issues and questions concerning the nature of god In Christianity,\nnamely the trinity and divinity of Jesus.\nJesus said "Seek the truth and the truth will set you free"\nIs God one or three?\nIs Jesus God or part of God?\nWhat do you think??\nWhat is your answer??\nLet us get the answer from the Bible:\nOne came and said unto him, Good Master, what good\nThing shall I do. That I may have eternal life? And he(Jesus)\nSaid unto him, why callest thou me good*? There is none good\nBut one, that is, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the\nCommandments.\n(Matthew 19:16-17)\n\n*Why callest thou me good? Or in modern English " why do you call me good "we\nWould not find this wording and meaning in some Bible! This text is found in king James\nVersion. Don`t take my word for it! Chick your Bible!\nSeveral questions can be asked about the above verses. Some of the more intuitive ones are:\n>"why do you call me good?" why did Jesus question his own goodness?\n>Jesus emphatically stated that "there is none good but one, that is, God"\nWhy did he refer to the one God as the " good" one only?\n>Why did he exclude himself from being good, if he were God?\n>Jesus explicitly pointed out that " if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."\nWhy didn`t Jesus command the questioner to believe in him (Jesus) as God in order\nTo enter into eternal life?\n>Based on Jesus` testimony, Isn`t keeping the commandments enough for getting\nEternal life?\nNow, let us re-read verses of Matthew (19:16-17) as stated in King James\nVersion and the same verses as reported in the New International Version\nOf the HOLY BIBLE.\nPDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com\nOne came and said unto . him, Good Master, what good\nThing shall I do. That I may have eternal life? And he\nSaid unto him, why callest thou me good? There is none good\nBut one, that is, God.\n(in king James version)\n.Now a man came up to Jesus and asked "Teacher, what\ngood thing must I do to get eternal life?"\n"why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied.\n"there is only one who is good. If you want to enter life,\nobey the commandments."\n(in the new international version) .\nTo make is easy to compare, here are Jesus` two different questions:\nAccording to King James version (KJV), in simple English, Jesus asked:\n*Why do you CALL ME GOOD?\nBut, according to the New International Version (NIV), Jesus said:\n*Why do you ASK ME ABOUT WHAT IS GOOD?\nPlease honestly camper between Jesus` question in the King James Version and\nHis questions in the New International Version. Do they have the same\nMeaning? Can they both be correct?\nGoing back to the critical question, Is Jesus God?, I think that if Jesus\nWere God or part of God, his logical response would be to approve of what the\nQuestioner called him (i.e., "Good Master").\nSound reasoning and plain logic tell us that God is good. And if Jesus were\nGod or part of God (part of the Trinity) he MUST BE GOOD! Don`t\nyou agree?\nPresumably, some of the possible, expected response that Jesus cold utter in r
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Did Jesus speak English?
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The ref. says yes. An example from it: '...Jesus became acquainted with nature as a child and continued his interest into adulthood. "Jesus' earliest training, aside from that of the home hearth, had to do with a reverent and sympathetic contact with nature." ... He asked lots of questions concerning science. ... He studied the habits of the fish on the Sea of Galilee so closely that he could predict catches that others regarded as miraculous.'\n\nAnd he advocated an education that combines science and religion. From the ref.: 'The apostles had not been successful in their teaching. They were fleeing through northern Galilee and bewildered about what was going on. Jesus' blunt explanation to them included these words: "Consider the Greeks, who have a science without religion, while the Jews have a religion without science. And when men become thus misled into accepting a narrow and confused disintegration of truth, their only hope of salvation is to become truth-coordinated--converted. "Let me emphatically state this eternal truth: If you, by truth coordination, learn to exemplify in your lives this beautiful wholeness of righteousness, your fellow men will then seek after you that they may gain what you have so acquired.'
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I remember this verse from theology classes.  I believe that there are some schools of thought that believe that Jesus ministry was directed more to the Jews.  And in fact he never ministered outside Judea.  He told his follows to ministry to gentiles but this wasn't his mission while on earth apparently.  Well maybe, maybe not.  It is an interesting passage thought isn't it.\n\nHe did spend a lot of time getting mad at the way the Temple was being run so you could assume that those were the lost sheep of the house of Israel I suppose.
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perhaps not in the way the modern Christians think. however, there were several Prophets of THE PEOPLE who talked to various tribes of THE PEOPLE talking about the same basic concepts JESUS did. such as the PEACE-BRINGER who talked to the Five Civilized Tribes and Hiawatha ( who actually existed ).
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Jesus may have been what is now termed a liberal when it comes to some social things, but when it comes to morals, Jesus was a conservative.  I should mention that Jesus said that the poor you will always have with you and that we need to go and make disciples rather than trying to only help the poor.  He did say that helping the poor is good, but discipling is the priority.
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Jesus wanted his disciples to know who they thought he was. Some thought he was John the Baptist, others Elija. He then asked Peter directly who he, personally thought he was. I think Jesus was testing his disciples to see how much faith they had in him or if they truly belived he was the Son of God.
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That is just not true. Jesus has always been a Bud man....its in the Bible somewhere.
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lol . . . Jesus mean . . . if you believe the bible . . . Jesus was straight forward and to the point.  He did not pussyfoot around . . . and treat people with kid gloves.  He tell things they way they are . . . no sugar coating.\n\nDo you think Jesus should have been kissing the apostles a**?  Hell no, they were too busy trying figure out who will take the lead after Christ . . . fighting for position half the time.\n\nJesus was a man . . . whether he was god's son (who know . . . who cares) . . . he did not back down on what he believed was right.
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Not Necessarily. People tend to synthesize that conclusion because of the closeness of Jesus to Mary of Magdala. They were close mainly because it was Jesus that saved her from death by stoning, and that she was the only privileged female to be with Jesus and the disciples during the former's  public ministry. According to the Council of Nicea, Jesus had a dual nature: both Human and Divine. The followers of Macedonius, called the Macedonians, opposed this and said that Jesus was purely of Human nature.The Council treated the Macedonians as heretics because of this and defended the doctrine of the Dual Nature. Some may say that because there is this Human Nature present in Jesus, there may be a possibility that He succumbed to  this nature and had an affair with Mary of Magdala, but honestly, only God Knows.
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YES!!! Finally someone that agrees with me!\n\nALso note in Hebrews how Paul keep changing his "VISION OF CHRIST" story! 3 TIMES!\nIf Jesus appered to me in a vision, I DEFNITLY remember.\n\nALSO note his obsession which finding salvation through the "BLOOD OF CHRIST". Why is he so interested in SACRIFICE?\n\nOh and Jesus said become as children (humble, trusting, submitting to the Lord) in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (See Matthew 18:3.) There is no mention here of Him (christ) dying and ressurecting as basis for salvation.\n\nIf i am not mistaken he also say that "THE BLOOD/SACRIFICE of Jesus smelt good to GOD!\n\nPaul liked to profess that he is a Jew yet he INSULTED Jews at every hook and turn!\n\nThe dude had issues!!!