Jesus was popular among his people only for 3 yrs or so, all what happened from his birth to his death is not know expcept for these feew years, then how come they say, he is sinless, hasnt done any thing bad and he is a perfect person.
2007-09-19 02:27:06 · 23 answers · asked by sita 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Baptish then who created Adam,God i guess, then he too is sinless, if that is the case, what is the need for christianity??
Also u means he might have sinned during his life on earth??
2007-09-19 02:40:31 · update #1
Does this mean he did not do anything good except for these 3 years???
2007-09-19 02:48:34 · update #2
It is interesting to note that the entire span of time in Jesus' life that is accounted for in the bible amounts to no more than 3-weeks... not counting the supposed 40-days that he spent 'wandering in the desert', which for all intents and purposes is also unaccounted.
Early New Testament writings (Pauline epistles) give no details of the birth, life and death of Jesus, and reading them without your 'Gospel goggles' on, you would have no idea that they were referring to a 'human' person who lived in the recent historical past. The gospel of Mark... sometime after 70 AD... is the first attempt to formally 'humanize' Jesus... and that is just a series of fictional events that are intended to transfer Paul's "spiritual" Jesus into a flesh-and-blood venue. The story line chosen was the archetypal 'suffering hero-king' myth that was a common feature of virtually ALL of the 'salvation cults' of the time (Attis, Mithras, Tammuz, Osiris and Adonis... among others), with plot elements that linked certain events to Hebrew scripture to 'Judaize' the myth.
The Christianity that we know today is essentially a hostile-takeover of the Cult of Mithras... Mithrasism... which pre-dated Christianity by at least 500 years. Some of its features include... impreganation by god... virgin birth on Dec. 25th, attended by shepherds and Magi... wandered around with 12 companions, healing the sick and performing random miracles... symbolized as both the 'lion' and the 'lamb'... depicted with a halo... ritual last meal... symbolic eating of flesh... scourged and nailed to a tree... arose after 3-days, at the Spring Equinox... ascended into heaven... will bring salvation and eternal life. The cult featured priests, churches and 'sacraments'... including the Eucharist... which generally conform to the Catholic sacraments.
The infrastructure of Mithrasism (churches, etc.) were physically taken over by early Christians. The rapid spread of christianity is accounted for, in large part, by the fact that for most pagans, the transition amounted to little more than a name-change... and it explains why Dec. 25th was 'chosen' for the celebration of christ's birthday, and the timing for Easter celebrations... and the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs, which were pagan fertility symbols associated with the time of renewal... Spring.
Early apologists, when confronted with these 'similarities', invented the story that Satan, who could see into the future, knew that Jesus would come and his church would arise, so he (Satan) had started Mithrasism in order to confound and confuse believers.
So, there is no mystery about 30 years of Jesus' life that are unaccounted for... he never 'existed' in the first place. His 'life' is only a series of fictional vignettes invented to provide linkages to scripture, within the context of a familiar archetypal hero-god myth.
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2007-09-19 02:36:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Jesus tells us himself, in all 4 Gospels! He grew to become into coaching interior the temple. Matthew 26:fifty 5; Mark 14:40 9; Luke 22:fifty 3; John 18:20. it particularly isn't any longer a secret, and we don't might desire to wager.
2016-10-05 00:06:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thirty years of his life are given in the scriptures. They are covered in Matthew chapters 1 and 2 and Luke chapter 1. Among the details given are that Jesus grew "in wisdom, stature and in favor with God and man". Had he been in some kind of sin during those years, he would not have been living "in favor with God".
As for why the gospels concentrate on the 4 years of his ministry, that is explained in the closes verses of the Gospel of John. He states that there were many other things that Jesus said and did that are not recorded. If they were all recorded, the whole world could not hold the books that would have to be written. So instead, the authors concentrated on the things we needed to know for salvation, rather then mindless, endless and pointless details of no value. I mean, the Bible already runs over 3.6 million words. Do you really want more?
2007-09-19 02:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Anybody not with a police record deems to have sound character.That's the way most employers go about appointing their employees,after verification.So if we enlarge the concept,it becomes clear and should be acceptable,unless you have some insider information.
2007-09-19 02:36:33 · answer #4 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The gospels are not a biography. The gospels are good news or glad tidings of peace with God through the death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah!
2007-09-19 02:46:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If He sinned in those 30 years surely He would have sinned in those 3 years.
No one can remain perfect even for 3 years esp. amid all the adversity.
Let me theorize as to what He did those 30 years. He was experiencing humanity apart from working as a carpenter. Doesn't God know what it is like to be a human? He sure does but knowing something mentally and experiencing it are two different things like, say, labor pains.
2007-09-19 02:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by Andy Roberts 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
He is not a perfect being as a human. But what I'd like to think that He did his very best in doing what God had instructed Him to do. He was described to be very obedient as a child to His foster parents Joseph and Mary. If His disciples wrote those New Testament books about Him they did it to describe His ministry as a young man. Its not like He was monitored from his birth through death, but as a human being Jesus tends to do mistakes just as we do. In gospel of John didn't it say that "The word was made flesh" It means that Jesus was part-Human and something greater...
2007-09-19 02:36:11 · answer #7 · answered by Justin Paul U 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
From 12 to 30, you have to take it all on faith. As a rabbi, he would have spent a great deal of time telling his disciples about his background. As a 1st Century Jew, though, they would have only written about the key points that could tell a story - they wouldn't have been concerned with the 'boring' life he led until the launching of his public ministry.
2007-09-19 02:33:14 · answer #8 · answered by capitalctu 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Another reason why people who take the bible seriously are blind and brainwashed.
The bible goes from jesus being born to him getting lost at the temple. What happened in between? Did he just grow up that fast and there was no time lost? Or did the church keep that part out because they realize that jesus really wasn't anyone special and they want to hide that from their brainwashed followers who aren't smart enough to ask questions and think for themselves?
And here come the thumbs downs!!!! Don't be mad that I called you out for what you are.
2007-09-19 02:36:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
One of the writings that didn't get into the official canon of the Church was the Gospel of Thomas: in it (I heard -- I have never read it myself) are stories of Jesus's childhood/adolescence, and some, I've heard, show Him to have a mischievous side. Which might be why it was not included in the canon, unfortunately.
2007-09-19 02:37:51 · answer #10 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋