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What do you think about Jesus?
He was God the Son in human form. 31%  31%  [ 22 ]
He was just an ordinary man. 28%  28%  [ 20 ]
He never existed at all. He was just a made up character. 18%  18%  [ 13 ]
Other 24%  24%  [ 17 ]
Total votes : 72

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02 Jan 2014, 4:00 am

TheBicyclingGuitarist wrote:

I was born a Catholic but was kicked out of a Catholic elementary school in the third grade for being too rebellious, asking too many questions and refusing to accept anything on faith without evidence to back it up.


Been there as well, I went to a catholic primary school run by nuns. I got the ruler across the back of my legs from Mother Teresa because I kept asking, why if god was so powerful and knows everything couldn't he prevent the devil from messing with his greatest creation? To this day, after repeatedly questioning the religious over this matter for nearly 40 years, no-one has come even close to a satisfactory answer. The next time they smacked me was when they showed the class their holy artifact, a cross made from two splinters of the original cross of jesus, all I wanted to know was how they knew where the splinters came from. Admittedly I repeatedly queried their answers.

What I don't understand is if a mildly intelligent 9-10 year old can see the stupidity of these claims, why do people persist in believing this nonsense.


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02 Jan 2014, 8:20 pm

Jesus served me tacos at the Mexican resteraunt today. He seemed like a decent enough guy.



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04 Jan 2014, 12:23 am

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04 Jan 2014, 12:37 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxR1NrlH0zE[/youtube]


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04 Jan 2014, 1:56 am

ArrantPariah wrote:
Video link to cat stevens singing about jesus

He is the nice christian (who converted ot islam and changed his name to:Yusuf Islam) and supported the fatwa against Salman Rusdie for writing the Satanic Verses.

While I have nothing against islam, I strongly believe in free speech, and abhor the death penalty in any form.

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04 Jan 2014, 11:27 am

I was thinking about Jesus today, because the man who I sit next to at work looks like Jesus.

He said that I'm his lucky charm because he got good results. :D


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05 Jan 2014, 1:42 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsj0L8-4Iw[/youtube] Homer impersinating Jesus!


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21 Jan 2014, 2:17 am

DentArthurDent wrote:
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Nothing wrong with a man that can turn water into wine.


I pointed this "miracle" out to a tee totall Methodist. His straight faced and deeply serious response, "ah yes, but it was non alcoholic wine."


It's possible he was "near" right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-alcohol_beer#History



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21 Jan 2014, 7:23 am

If he ever existed, he'd be an ordinary man with a lot of exaggerated biographies. And likely one to have gone to the east to study buddhism in his youth. When he returned in his late twenties/early thirties, he tried teaching the jews and was mistaken to be the son of god. Or maybe he even played into the role on purpose as he figured people were stupid enough...


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21 Jan 2014, 8:59 am

Nambo wrote:
You seem to have left out the Biblical option of Jesus in your poll!

He was the son of God in Human form.

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That was the first choice he offered.



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21 Jan 2014, 9:01 am

i will never talk to anyone about Jesus because i am in my own world which he also inhabits and i am private about that.