If you want to let "biblical scholars" do your thinking for you go ahead, but remember a fool with a Theology College diploma is still just a fool..;)
Jesus said:- "I thank you Father for hiding these things from the wise and learned, and for revealing them to little children" (Matt 11:25-27)
Nah mate, I never saw Elvis but am quite prepared to believe he existed because there were so many eyewitnesses who saw him..:)
Same with Jesus, he was almost as big as Elvis and seen by thousands of eyewitnesses too, right Elv?
1: Yes-
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” (Genesis 6:4)
And the word "giant" probably referred not to...
Gospel-writers Matt Mark Luke and John had a ringside seat and when they wrote them nobody, NOT A SINGLE PERSON ever dare come forward to say "Baloney, it never happened", because they knew they'd just be making fools of themselves..:)
It won't wash at the pearlies mate because when the bouncer asks them "Are you Christians?" and they say "No", he'll tell them "Well you ain't coming in here then, oppit"
It'd be like a Barry Manilow fan trying to get into an Elvis convention-
BOUNCER- "Are you an Elvis fan?"
BM fan- "No but I...
Saul was a bounty hunter on the payroll of the snooty priests, with the job of rounding up Christians for punishment, but he was knocked off his feet on the Damascus road by an instantaneous download of the holy spirit which taught him all about Jesus in an instant.
So he changed his name to...
WHOA, Jesus is not a religion, he's JESUS, and he's looking for pals, here he chats to the woman at the well in John ch 4 to give her some comfort because she's had 5 husbands and a boyfriend-
Funny you should say that mate, because as a kid I overheard my dad saying to my mam about me - "He's nutty! No don't laugh, I really do mean it, he wastes all his pocket money on silly plastic model aeroplanes then hangs 'em on string from his bedroom ceiling in full view of the street, I dread...
There's photo evidence too, here Jesus rescues a naughty girl from the mob..:)-
"On yer bikes you numpties, she's with me! Hold your head up baby"
"Thanks JC, shall we go for a pizza?"
You haven't been paying attention to your sunday school teacher mate.
John was one of the disciples, and Paul spoke to the risen Jesus on the Damascus road, so their street cred is off the scale.
And the early churches were for ALL Jesus's followers whether jewish or not..:)
Sure, your mates in the Feminist DIR subforum might think you're funny, here are a couple of pics that might make them giggle..:)-
1- A woman in California goes into a church and pushes Jesus over-
2- A Russian bird in Kiev chainsaws him down-
Wonder which of these bits they don't...
Better check out your bible again mate, JC came for EVERYBODY..:)-
Jesus said-"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16)
Paul said -"For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you...
Congrats mate, I thought you nonchristians and atheists hadn't got a sense of humour..:)
Sure there are many rooms in heaven but they're all reserved for Christians-
"My Father’s house has many rooms..I am going there to prepare a place for you..and I will come back and take you to be with me...