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Jesus was the ultimate troll to the religious authorities, that's why they killed him. Another great example of his trolling was when he was cornered by a bunc
by loveistheanswer 6y ago
Jesus was the ultimate troll to the religious authorities, that's why they killed him.
Another great example of his trolling was when he was cornered by a bunch of people wanting to stone him to death:
>31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?'
33 We are not stoning you for any good work,' they replied, 'but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'
34 Jesus answered them, 'Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are 'gods''? (He's quoting the 82nd Psalm of the Old Testament here)[1] 35 If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came--and Scripture cannot be set aside-- 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? 37
[1]82 Psalm if the Old Testament: I said, ‘You are “gods”; you are all sons of the Most High.’
- leetrout 6y agoI brought this up in Sunday school at a baptist church and it didn't go over well... I said we are gods on this Earth because of our power to initiate the creation of a new life and the power to end a life.
- loveistheanswer 6y agoThat's great hahaha. There are some who believe that's actually what Jesus was trying to say: the he was a son of god (there was no definite article "the" in ancient greek), and that everyone else is too (essentially what the Buddhists and Hindus claim); but that message was misunderstood, misinterpreted, censored, and modified to suit political ends. There are a number of more esoteric quotes attributed to jesus like the one I posted above which make this case quite compelling
- Balgair 6y agoIf you have that list, I would be very interested to see it! I've never heard of this interpretation, and my ancient greek is very poor. Not trying to be snarky, or clappingback, or anything, I am actually genuinely interested.
- loveistheanswer 6y agoI first stumbled upon this theory in an Alan Watts lecture. Here is relevant clip from the lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2DbsuzTt6g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2DbsuzTt6g There are many quotes where Jesus spoke about the union of all people within him and within god. This is basically the same as the Buddhist concept of Indra's Net: the divine unity and mutual interpenetration of all things. >"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" >"I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me." >"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ." This idea seems to be the logical basis for many of his more commonly known teachings: >"Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you." >“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. >"whatsoever you do to the least of your brothers and sisters, you do unto me" This last quote seems to indicate that when people realized all of the above, they would also realize their equality with jesus as children of god; which is essentially blasphemy to the modern day mainstream interpretation of the King James translation. >"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."
- Balgair 6y agoThank you!
- JKCalhoun 6y ago"... But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes." Great quote.