I have a friend who was talking to me about Christians and I said "I'm a Christian" and he was stunned for a second and then said "But you're smart!" ;D I agree, certainly within the last few years Christians have gotten a really bad image and it's all because of these people who act in a manner that is completely opposite to what Christianity is all about. And they claim themselves to be the True Christians and they go on about being 'washed in Jesus' blood' and how they're guaranteed a place in Heaven. Geez, I've been Christian all my life and I don't go around gloating about a seat in Heaven, we're supposed to work at becoming better and better as people and earning our way in the Pearly Gates, not Bible bashing others and quoting scriptures and saying "My God's better than yours and I'm going to Heaven while you burn in Hell pagan!" It seems to me that the most 'devout' really have no understanding of what they're preaching.
Good point about the alphabet, thank you, I'd forgotten about that, so you're right it is possible that Yesua and Yoshua would be the same name just spelled differently.
I agree with your comments about Mary Magdelene too, and the reason I said it doesn't matter to me whether she was a prostitute or not is because I think if she was a prostitute and Jesus thought she was good enough to be around and treated her like an equal, then people should rethink the derogatory attitudes they have towards prostitutes or people they deem 'unworthy'. I know the Church of England didn't like Mary (Jesus' mother) being seen as anyone important and that's one of the reasons they split with the Roman Catholic church. I was raised by Catholic parents and I've just grown up knowing that Mary's worth a hell of a lot of respect, I mean if God thought she was someone special who are we to say she wasn't? But as you said, a lot of religious leaders try and diminish the role of women in the church and shunning Mary is one of their ways to do that. I have to say though that poor old Joseph hardly gets a look in, poor guy needs some credit too ;)
And that waffle they're going on about with doing DNA tests on the remains? How would that prove anything? They don't have any DNA of the real Jesus to compare the remains to so it won't prove anything! Maybe I should loan James Cameron and co my books on genetics ;)
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Date: Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 05:23 am (UTC)Good point about the alphabet, thank you, I'd forgotten about that, so you're right it is possible that Yesua and Yoshua would be the same name just spelled differently.
I agree with your comments about Mary Magdelene too, and the reason I said it doesn't matter to me whether she was a prostitute or not is because I think if she was a prostitute and Jesus thought she was good enough to be around and treated her like an equal, then people should rethink the derogatory attitudes they have towards prostitutes or people they deem 'unworthy'. I know the Church of England didn't like Mary (Jesus' mother) being seen as anyone important and that's one of the reasons they split with the Roman Catholic church. I was raised by Catholic parents and I've just grown up knowing that Mary's worth a hell of a lot of respect, I mean if God thought she was someone special who are we to say she wasn't? But as you said, a lot of religious leaders try and diminish the role of women in the church and shunning Mary is one of their ways to do that. I have to say though that poor old Joseph hardly gets a look in, poor guy needs some credit too ;)
And that waffle they're going on about with doing DNA tests on the remains? How would that prove anything? They don't have any DNA of the real Jesus to compare the remains to so it won't prove anything! Maybe I should loan James Cameron and co my books on genetics ;)