Was he actually a carnal man, as you or I am?
Was he actually a carnal man, as you or I am?
And the answer lies in misogyny.
Victor, please paint for us a vision of a world without misogyny. What does that look like?
I'm serious, now. I mean this. I want to know.
Even having complete control of one's urges doesn't mean the thoughts aren't there. In the bible it says something along the lines of "if you've looked at a woman lustfully, then you've already committed adultery". Maybe Jesus was lucky to be born an asexual with no desire towards women? I doubt it, but that could be the only plausible explanation.
Even having complete control of one's urges doesn't mean the thoughts aren't there. In the bible it says something along the lines of "if you've looked at a woman lustfully, then you've already committed adultry". Maybe Jesus was lucky to be born an asexual with no desire towards women? I doubt it, but that could be the only plausible explanation.
...know why because the guy [sic] was totally frustrated with people not gettting his message or misunderstanding his parables and teaching tales.
Orthodox church doctrine is that Jesus the Christ was both 100 percent God and 100 percent Man. A conundrum, certainly, but that's the Messiah for you.
NOTE: When I say "Orthodox" above, I don't mean in the sense of the Eastern Orthodox Church, but rather in the broader sense of doctrinal legitimacy.
He was true God and true man, different only in the abscence of sin, which when you think about it may not be that marvellous because he died when he was about thirty if I remember the Easter sermons right, he lived in a greatly different culture from ours, in some ways with much less in the way of temptation, people were too busy slaving to subsist and it was away before anything like the eight hour day, and a much, much greater spiritual focus and preoccupation than today.
There are points in the new testament in which he talks about how his followers shall be Gods, I think that's in the same sense in which it was taught in Buddhism.
He was ... different only in the abscence of sin...