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ps:crhistians that are adicted to church please refrain from answering i need solid answers proof not speculations from a beliver
2007-10-31 11:53:43 · 33 answers · asked by Panama 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Still holding to the idea that some sort of holy man lies behind the legend?
It is intuitively satisfying to think that someone was behind the towering legend. Yet like the worship of Horus or Mithras a human life was neither necessary nor helpful. Nothing in the 'Christian message' was original. Brotherly love and compassion had been taught by the Stoics for centuries. The Christian faith was a vulgarised paganism, set to the theme of the Jewish prophets and debased by religious intolerance. The early Christian sects attacked each other as energetically as they attacked pagans. 1st century Palestine had rabbis, radicals and rebels in abundance. But a 'life' conjured up from mystical fantasy, a mass of borrowed quotations, copied story elements and a corpus of self-serving speculation, does not constitute an historical reality. The final defeat of militant Jewish nationalism and the eradication of the Jewish kingdom gave the incipient Christian churches the final uplift they required.
There never was just one Christianity. Out of the milieu of religiosity that infected the Roman world, dozens of competing and conflicting Jesus/Sun-god/Mystery cults emerged. The first believers in Jesus maintained he was an ethereal spirit, much like other sky/sun-gods. Only later did he acquire a human death, a human life and finally a human birth. The composite 'Jesus Christ' character – god, man, king, carpenter, conqueror, peace-maker, dispenser of justice, advocate of love – was assembled to try and unify a fragmented and fractious messianic religious movement. In the mid-2nd century the Jewishness of the faith was purged but apologists had little to say about a human Jesus. They took comfort in noting similarities between their own ideas and pagan myths. The Christians remained a minority until well after one particular faction formed a political alliance with the Roman State. The orthodox creed remained unpopular for centuries and persecution was necessary to impose its will.
2007-10-31 12:08:48 · answer #1 · answered by H.I. of the H.I. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no written evidence about Jesus, between the age of 12 and 30 years, I have been a catholic for over 50 years now, if someone says they have that evidence they are lying, because to dam many religions today are saying things about Jesus that is simply not true, Jesus es whole life is based on here say, and there has never to this day been any factual evidence of his existence other than the bible, archaeology continues to seek Jesus out but to no avail. peace be with you.
2007-10-31 12:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All we have to go on is the Bible and it says He was at home during those years. Remember, the Law stated that a person could not go into ministry until they were 30 years old.
Numbers 4:3 "from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work..."
2007-10-31 11:56:52 · answer #3 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at the age of 12 Jesus was in the synagauges talking to the elders and Mary was crazy with worry. Jesus said," Mother you know I came to do my Father's work." Jesus came from Nazareth.
2007-10-31 11:58:57 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis James 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was traveling with a roaming band of gypsies, learning sleight-of-hand magic tricks, like water into wine, walking on water, etc. Neat tricks.
P.S. I'm not really saying that's true. I just heard that theory somewhere and it seems to be plausible. I'm not sure you can get any "proof" on this subject from anyone, but if you do, I'd love to hear it!
2007-10-31 12:06:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read "Lamb" by Christopher Moore. Sorry, no proof here, but a great (hilarious) piece of speculative fiction.
2007-10-31 11:59:23 · answer #6 · answered by Zee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one really knows, but it is believed that he travelled extensively (possibly as far away as India)and that is where he gained a great deal of knowledge about the world. Now, however, there seems to be no first hand evidence of his existence, although this doesn't prove that he didn't exist. I've never been to Australia, but that doesn't mean that it isn't there.
2007-10-31 11:59:18 · answer #7 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the following is a study about Jesus of Nazareth in it you'll find reference to his years between 12 and 30.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_The_Christ#Life_and_teachings.2C_as_told_in_the_Gospels
i hope this is what you require.
2007-10-31 12:17:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was in Nazareth, living a normal human life.
2007-10-31 12:02:41 · answer #9 · answered by Serious 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cancun on Spring Break.
2007-10-31 12:11:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋