The Boy Jesus And The Rainbow

[naomi24]

I thought I’d heard most things but this is a new one on me. A friend, an Italian Roman Catholic, tells me that when Jesus was a child playing with his little friends, he slid down a rainbow – and he was the only one who could do it. An otherwise intelligent lady, and despite me arguing the nature of rainbows, she truly believes it. In my ‘perplexation’ (I made that word up), the Muslim story of clay birds taking flight when breathed upon, the Christian story of corpses rising from their graves and wandering around Jerusalem, and the golem of Jewish folk-law somehow pale into insignificance.

If anyone has an impossible story from religious myth to share, I’d be interested in hearing it. Let’s keep the thread light please.

[naomi24]

Khandro, in mine, yes - but not in hers - at least in this instance. Anyway, this thread wasn't intended to be about her or her belief, but about similar odd myths. I was rather hoping to collect some. Got any to offer?

[wildwood]

The N.A. Indians used to believe sincerely in the Rain-God. Although this was a myth of course, if they were to dance long enough it would certainly rain.

[jourdain2]

Since we have no firm evidence as to Jesus's upbringing apart from being presented at the Temple etc. as mentioned in the N.T., I (and almost everybody I can think of) would regard this as a charming story and metaphor for something or other.

[naomi24]

wildwood, indeed. I expect it worked eventually.

jourdain, you would think so.