>>>Bottom line is that I'm convinced that the Jesus was a lot more human, rational person who was trying to get into power in a non traditional way by uniting people (he needed everyone he could get) than the bible wants u to believe. The dead sea scrolls give a lot more clues pointing into this direction.
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>>In my teens I read
this book that argues Jesus had claims to the Judean throne, I do not remember much of it now, but I remember that I really liked it.
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>Isn't it supposed to be that Jesus was a descendant of King David?
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>Tamar
That was one those things that is put there as a "test of faith" <s> Only Luke - who showed up late to the gospel game (and a little Matthew) kind of mentions but it kind of could be a translation thing and ... well the real problem is it is supposed to be through Joseph and ... well, there is that virgin birth thing and ... well then there is the philioque thing ... uh, wholely pre-existant and divine and ... well ...
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
