Who was Jesus?

[naomi24]

Any idea?

[Khandro]

Try; 'Jesus lived in India - His Unknown Life Before and After The Crucifixion', by Holgar Kersten, published by Element, ISBN 1-85230-550-9

[naomi24]

I will.

[naomi24]

Actually, I'll be interested to read what the author knows about Jesus' life before and after the crucifixion that isn't already in the public domain.

[Khandro]

I look forward to your thoughts;
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[jake-the-peg]

Interesting Khandro

You know it kind of puts me in mind of Mormon belief that Jesus visited America after the resurection or even the old myth that Joseph of Arimathea may have brought Jesus to England as a young boy.

It seems that many cultures would like to think Jesus visited their country

[Khandro]

Really! But Jake, you know those tales are not true. Maybe India isn't true either, so I wouldn't worry your head about it.

[chakka35]

naomi's summary is excellent - and accurate, with only the odd point which I would quesry. But, of course, it is largely based on the gospel accounts, which I submit have no historical basis.

I notice no rush of Christians eager to respond to my request for evidence to support the Jesus story. Mm...

[naomi24]

Jake, Popular guy. They all want a bit of him.

Chakka, // with only the odd point which I would quesry. But, of course, it is largely based on the gospel accounts//

….and the gospel accounts are all a bit of a pick-n-mix - as you know. ;o)

[jomifl]

Khandro, /you know those tales are not true. / How do we know that, surely they are just as true as any other unverifiable story.

[Khandro]

jom. read my above post to jake; isn't that what I said? Are you really interested in this subject, or do you just want to argue constantly?

[naomi24]

Khandro, since you started the 'Shroud' discussion, are you going to contribute to Chakka's thread? There's some interesting stuff on there.

[jomifl]

Which post would that be Khandro?

[jomifl]

Khandro, do you understand what you say?

[mibn2cweus]

//Who Was Jesus?

Any idea?//

Quite the rabble rouser . . . evidently.

[naomi24]

Always was .... and until we find out who he was .... always will be. ;o)

[mibn2cweus]

He pretty much lost all credibility with me the moment he professed to be a chip off the old bloke. Then getting himself nailed to a cross as an example of how to live ones life . . . surely there must be a better way. But then perhaps we're discussing two different people?

Saw a bumper sticker today ~ "What would Scooby do?"

[naomi24]

//He pretty much lost all credibility with me the moment he professed to be a chip off the old bloke. //

But did he? When asked by Pilate ‘Are you the Son of God?’, accounts of his answer differ from ‘You say that I am’ to ‘I am’ – and those two statements don’t mean the same thing at all, so what are we to believe? The real question has to be who recorded the trial? His friends weren’t there –the Romans left no record of it – and Jesus himself was hardly in a position to relay events to anyone before he was supposedly executed …. so who?

More unanswered questions.....

Maybe we should ask Scooby. He’s just as likely to have the answers as anyone else. ;o)

[Khandro]

Hang in there Naomi!

[naomi24]

Khandro, I've been hanging in there for years. :o)

By the way, I've ordered the book you recommended.

[mibn2cweus]

Given it's reputed reliability for accuracy, if there's any hope of obtaining a genuine authoritative account on who the 'real Jesus' (or next of kin) was then we're obliged to look further back than to anything recorded in the 'Bible'. With respect to who they've been alleged to be, someone it appears has done a marvellous job of covering their tracks.