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5 Unanswered Questions About Jesus

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[h=1]5 Unanswered Questions About Jesus[/h]

1. When was Jesus born?
2. Was Jesus married?
3. Did Jesus walk on water?
4. When did Jesus die?
5. Was Jesus buried in the Shroud of Turin?
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Answers: 1. probably not on December 25, 2. maybe 3. maybe 4. maybe 5. maybe

Check it out. It's an interesting site at least.
 
Ill add did Jesus have a brother?

Because who would want to be Jerry the brother of Christ

"yeah I'm Jerry Christ whoop dee doo, my brother was a carpenter, I'm a plumber you do the math... I can heal, come here spot heal!"
 
Did he have any piercings?
 
Dittohead not! said:
[h=1]5 Unanswered Questions About Jesus[/h]



Answers: 1. probably not on December 25, 2. maybe 3. maybe 4. maybe 5. maybe

Check it out. It's an interesting site at least.
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The was Jesus married question has always been interesting to me. I mean, there is a reason that Jewish men are considered adults at 13, back when life expectancy was so short, men and women would be married often as soon as it was physically possible to bear children. The fact that Jesus supposedly lived in to his early thirties makes me believe he must have been married. It would have been very unusual and strange looking if a man that old did not have a wife and children.
 
Honestly there is much more we don't know about Jesus then we know.

The fact Christians didn't know if he was divine or not for three hundred years after his death should speak to this.
 
Anyway-

1. When was Jesus born?
A: There is no canonic scriptural basis for telling.

2. Was Jesus married?
A: Not according to canonic scripture.

3. Did Jesus walk on water?
A: Not according the Laws of Nature.

4. When did Jesus die?
A: Year unknown, but some year after the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius. The day was either Passover or the day before Passover.

5. Was Jesus buried in the Shroud of Turin?
A: Not likely.
 
USViking said:
Anyway-

1. When was Jesus born?
A: There is no canonic scriptural basis for telling.

2. Was Jesus married?
A: Not according to canonic scripture.

3. Did Jesus walk on water?
A: Not according the Laws of Nature.

4. When did Jesus die?
A: Year unknown, but some year after the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius. The day was either Passover or the day before Passover.

5. Was Jesus buried in the Shroud of Turin?
A: Not likely.
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1. no, we're not sure, but the supposition is that the star was real and so the date can be inferred from celestial events.

2. No, but according to new evidence that has come to light, he may have been.

3. Actually is possible. See the link in the OP as to how.

4. Maybe was a poor answer, wasn't it? There are a couple of possibilities, however, assuming that the period of darkness described in scripture was real.

5. Probably not, but definitely not out of the question, again according to the link in the OP.
 
Sean.McDonnell said:
The was Jesus married question has always been interesting to me. I mean, there is a reason that Jewish men are considered adults at 13, back when life expectancy was so short, men and women would be married often as soon as it was physically possible to bear children. The fact that Jesus supposedly lived in to his early thirties makes me believe he must have been married. It would have been very unusual and strange looking if a man that old did not have a wife and children.
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I'm really not too convinced that he was married, especially because it appears that he practiced some form of mysticism, wandered around spreading his message, and had a core group of followers. That wouldn't be compatible with marriage and fatherhood, nor would some of the primary beliefs of mystics, regarding sexuality and spirituality. Of course, it's very difficult to say just how accurate the stories we have of him are, but I'm assuming that the general narrative of what we have available at least resembles the basics of the story.
 
lizzie said:
I'm really not too convinced that he was married, especially because it appears that he practiced some form of mysticism, wandered around spreading his message, and had a core group of followers. That wouldn't be compatible with marriage and fatherhood, nor would some of the primary beliefs of mystics, regarding sexuality and spirituality. Of course, it's very difficult to say just how accurate the stories we have of him are, but I'm assuming that the general narrative of what we have available at least resembles the basics of the story.
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Yeah I get you, but it might be asked why there are 18 years of his life unaccounted for
 
Sean.McDonnell said:
Yeah I get you, but it might be asked why there are 18 years of his life unaccounted for
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That's hard to say with any certainty, but there are a couple of obscure accounts that he spent some time in the far east, and exposed himself to a bit of the religion and philosophy of that region, which might explain why he had some major differences with the Judaic faith of the time. Frankly, it's a little hard to believe that he was just born of a different mindset than virtually everyone that he knew and grew up around. At the least, it's interesting to ponder.
 
lizzie said:
Frankly, it's a little hard to believe that he was just born of a different mindset than virtually everyone that he knew and grew up around. At the least, it's interesting to ponder.
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What about Martin Luther, did he travel to the East?
 
ecofarm said:
What about Martin Luther, did he travel to the East?
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The sentiments Martin Luther had were not unusual at the time. The difference was that he had connections with a nobleman who figured out a way to gain personal power by defying the church so he didn't die an anonymous death like so many others who committed thought crimes at the time.
 
Dittohead not! said:
I believe he did, yes, but not until the very end of his life.
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Yes, multiple piercings in the hands, feet and side, not to forget the crown of thorns. Oh and there was the beating he received prior to his piercings that were done with leather whips with sharp metal studs that most historians say would turn a man's flesh to hamburger meat. And through it all before he took his last breath he said...."Forgive them for they know not what they do." After some of the flippant remarks about him in this thread, he may still be asking the Father to forgive others because they don't know what they do either.

"But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."—1 Corinthians 1:23-24.
 
lizzie said:
I have absolutely no idea. I find Jesus infinitely more interesting. ;)
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He reformed the church when it was accepting payment for forgiveness. He's not Jesus, who reminded us of faith, but he was thinking rather differently than esteemed peers. The message of faith above law is clear throughout the Old Testament, yet was paid lip service. Similar cases.
 
All of these have been answered.

1. A few years B.C.
2. NO!!! There is more "evidence" that 9/11 was an inside job than that Jesus was married, these nut job conspiracy theories need to be kept in the Conspiracy forum.
3. Yes.
4. Around Passover, on Friday, in 33 A.D.
5. Probably.
 
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