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Author Topic:   Man in gods image... How ?
Nighttrain
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Message 16 of 82 (406710)
06-21-2007 10:47 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by shiloh
06-21-2007 3:22 PM


Who?
Also Jesus is the image of God - "If you have seen me you have seen the Father."
Unfortunately, we have neither autographed piccies, or the barest description of Jesus' appearance, so looks like we can`t use that line of enquiry. Nay, nary a painting, stone inscription, not even a hint from contemporaries. No ochre dabbles in caves or tombs,no surviving copies of the early Jerusalem Times, not even a wanted poster. Ostraca abound, but Jesus never made the cut (pun). I guess artists and scribes were relatively common, but no one thought to record a guy going around restoring the dead, curing lepers, even showing how to remove pig-infestation in the district. What does it take to make the news?

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Nighttrain
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Message 19 of 82 (406748)
06-22-2007 6:26 AM
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06-22-2007 2:29 AM


Re: Who?
Furthermore, as if a picture of Jesus really matters in light of our spiritual problems.
Weeeel, a picture might go a long way to proving the guy really existed.

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Nighttrain
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Message 21 of 82 (407099)
06-24-2007 2:55 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by shiloh
06-22-2007 1:20 PM


Re: Who?
Also Jesus is the image of God - "If you have seen me you have seen the Father."
Instead of hand-waving and moving goal-posts, why don`t you try READING your Bible? What part of 'seen' don`t you understand? Philip makes it clear what he was asking.
Christians like to cover up the fact that no writer covered the most basic of questions asked by those who never lived in Jerusalem or Galilee, and consequently never had the chance to see Jesus, i.e.. 'What did He look like?' Would you accept proselytising from someone who said they knew Jesus, but couldn`t describe Him?

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Nighttrain
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Message 25 of 82 (408036)
06-30-2007 1:34 AM
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06-24-2007 4:33 AM


Re: Who?
What they saw was His character, His testimony, and His works. The Father is who He represented and the Father has no form He is Spirit.
Typical Christian flim-flam. I spoke of those OUTSIDE Jerusalem. Strangers who were given the usual spiel, but never saw the piccies in the Jerusalem Post. No good quoting chapter and verse unless you can prove the lines were in the autographs. Too many interpolations and omissions in the Bible and companion literature to trust a believer.

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