Jesus wants pals :)

[Mick in England]

Jesus said - "You're my friends if you follow me. I don't call you servants, but I call you friends, for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known to you.....In my fathers kingdom are many mansions,I'm going on ahead to get them ready for you,then come back to take you there with me" (John 14:14/15)(John 14:2-6)

 

[Mike182]

i'm sorry, did you mean to put this in the religious debates section? if so, what was it you wanted to debate?

 

[Feathers in Hair]

I'm curious about that, too, Mike.

 

[ayani]

that is a very nice sentiment, but it would be more fitting under the chritian section of the forum. it's not so much a point of debate as a statement of faith, correct?

and why on earth are jesus' eyes blue?

 

[Sunstone]

and why on earth are jesus' eyes blue?

Perhaps Mick put this thread in the debate section because he wants us to debate that very point?

 

[ayani]

Perhaps Mick put this thread in the debate section because he wants us to debate that very point?

and what's more, why is he wearing an orange terry-cloth towel?

 

[Sunstone]

and what's more, why is he wearing an orange terry-cloth towel?

I think he had to wear the robe: it was a brand endorsement of some sort worked out between his publicist and the sponsors of the cruxification. But I could be wrong about that. It's just a hunch.

 

[ayani]

I think he had to wear the robe: it was a brand endorsement of some sort worked out between his publicist and the sponsors of the cruxification. But I could be wrong about that. It's just a hunch.

haha!

"here, Yeshua, put this on. thanks, kid."

 

[ayani]

those are also some gigantic thorns, by the way. yeesh.

 

[Sunstone]

those are also some gigantic thorns, by the way. yeesh.

You should see the size of the rose bushes they came from!

 

[ayani]

You should see the size of the rose bushes they came from!

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Come to think of it, if Jesus wants pals and he's already my pal, shouldn't I be asking others to be buddies with my other gods and goddesses? Kwan Yin wants tea friends, Artemis wants hunting buddies (don't worry, she's just going after poachers) and Dionysus is looking around for someone to drink with.

 

[ayani]

not only that, but Mother Anne would love to have some folks over for a gospel study circle and knitting ring!

can your Gods make it, Feathers?

 

[Feathers in Hair]

For you and Mother Anne? Of course! :hug:

 

[Mike182]

Come to think of it, if Jesus wants pals and he's already my pal, shouldn't I be asking others to be buddies with my other gods and goddesses? Kwan Yin wants tea friends, Artemis wants hunting buddies (don't worry, she's just going after poachers) and Dionysus is looking around for someone to drink with.

i haven't actually introduced myself to any of your three main ones, though i suspect i shall be meeting with Dionysus during tonights celebrations

 

[Feathers in Hair]

I think he would be a very good friend to you- and not just in the 'wine and make merry' way. For some reason, when I think of him, I think of my friends like you. Probably why I really like him! :hug:

 

[Katzpur]

What's with all the negative comments about Jesus' appearance? I loved the picture! (I'm not sure what we're supposed to be debating either, though.)

 

[ayani]

What's with all the negative comments about Jesus' appearance? I loved the picture! (I'm not sure what we're supposed to be debating either, though.)

it's not his appearence alone- it's the blurry, watery quality of the picture- *and* the terry cloth towel, blue eyes, and humungoid thorns.

:sorry1:

 

[Mick in England]

Perhaps Mick put this thread in the debate section because he wants us to debate that very point?

Sorry I forgot to say what the intended point of debate was
Actually I don't think I had a point, but certainly raise anything you think is worth discussing.
Yes, a blue-eyed Jesus is a bit ridiculous but blame Robert Powells parents and Hollywood film producers not me,because as an Israeli Jesus would have almost certainly been brown-eyed.
In fact Jesus's appearance was pretty ordinary -"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2)
And Paul too was nothing to write home about -
"For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful, but his appearance is unimpressive, and he speaks poorly" (2 Cor 10:10)
And Moses admitted to being unable to think on his feet-
"O Lord, I have never been eloquent, i'm slow of speech and tongue." (Exodus 4:10)
And Jonah was so scared he refused pointblank to be a prophet and decided to take a relaxing sea cruise -
"Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish." (Jonah 1:3)
And Jeremiah said - "Lord i'm no good at speaking, i'm too young and people won't take me seriously" (Jer 1:6)
The moral? - many Biblical people were as ordinary as you and me..

 

[MaddLlama]

Come to think of it, if Jesus wants pals and he's already my pal, shouldn't I be asking others to be buddies with my other gods and goddesses? Kwan Yin wants tea friends, Artemis wants hunting buddies (don't worry, she's just going after poachers) and Dionysus is looking around for someone to drink with.

I hear Brigid has a thing for Frappucinos.