Told ya so...

Originally posted by stellspalfie
robbie, why do you have knuckles?

Go easy, he is in constant pain from getting his butt kicked.

Originally posted by FMF
Isn't the fact that he was a carpenter and earned a living from carpentry, for example, a "point of comparison" with other craftsmen and other ordinary people making their livelihoods? To me, it seems rather incoherent to BOTH celebrate the fact that he was a real human and THEN cancel all that out by insisting that "there is no point of comparison". OK, fine, i ...[text shortened]... is no point of comparison" with other humans then what is the big deal about him being a human?

Like any man-crush, it is not exactly rational.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
If Jesus had been single, the Bible would have told us so, or there would be some unambiguous statement to that fact. Scripture would not be completely silent on such an important issue.

Surely it would have been very odd for a man of Jesus's age not to be married in those days?

Jesus was "odd".

Originally posted by divegeester
Jesus was "odd".

Yes.
a bachelor.
12 close male friends.
a penchant for wearing a dress.
long hair.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Yes.
a bachelor.
12 close male friends.
a penchant for wearing a dress.
long hair.

Being married, having short hair and friends of the same sex are not factors associated with not being odd. Obviously you now being a parent has forced you into the "middle lane". 😛

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
does God find it unnatural, hmmm, well it depends on what they are being used for. Have you been kissing the back of your hand again? pretending its a real woman that you are kissing? fess up my son, i will hear your confessions.

I prefer to make a mouth shape with my index finger and thumb....I then get a large bucket of fresh fish, olive oil and a bicycle repair kit and then put my.......I better leave that there before I get a perma-ban.

Originally posted by divegeester
Go easy, he is in constant pain from getting his butt kicked.

ill leave him and save the knuckles debate for a rainy day.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Yes.
a bachelor.
12 close male friends.
a penchant for wearing a dress.
long hair.

was into bdsm.
was his own father...eeeewwwww
wore sandals........never trust a man in sandals.

Originally posted by Suzianne
So it turns out this "Maybe Jesus was married after all" story was a complete and utter hoax after all, just as I said at the time.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304178104579535540828090438

(I finally figured out how to copy and paste on my tablet, thank goodness.)

As I said recently when this issue came up in the science forum [yeah, I know]
even if the parchment had been 'genuine' it still didn't do what people claimed it did...

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But I'm curious as to what your objection, and reasons for it, were?

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Like any man-crush, it is not exactly rational.

---> Ephesians 5:23-33 Marriage Compared to Christ and the Church (which becomes His Bride following the Rapture).

Originally posted by stellspalfie
I prefer to make a mouth shape with my index finger and thumb....I then get a large bucket of fresh fish, olive oil and a bicycle repair kit and then put my.......I better leave that there before I get a perma-ban.

Nice....

Originally posted by Suzianne
So it turns out this "Maybe Jesus was married after all" story was a complete and utter hoax after all, just as I said at the time.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304178104579535540828090438

(I finally figured out how to copy and paste on my tablet, thank goodness.)

why would it be so bad for jesus to have been married?

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
why would it be so bad for jesus to have been married?

I enjoy watching a movie news web show on youtube, and the host on the
show regularly [when relevant] says that he has no problems with characters
being changed [from previous incarnations or source materiel] so long as the
core of the character is kept the same.

So, for example, Edris Elba as James bond would be fine [awesome] because there
is nothing important about the James bond character that is changed if you make
the character black instead of white.

Similarly, I can't actually see anything that fundamentally changes about the Jesus
character if he has a wife.

Originally posted by googlefudge
I can't actually see anything that fundamentally changes about the Jesus
character if he has a wife.

Though that may be for a lack of imagination on your part. If you're married you should
know that everything changes. For instance, I suspect Jesus would have been more
irritated, generally speaking, with momentary lapses into mad-man-like delirium... on
occasion.

Originally posted by C Hess
Though that may be for a lack of imagination on your part. If you're married you should
know that everything changes. For instance, I suspect Jesus would have been more
irritated, generally speaking, with momentary lapses into mad-man-like delirium... on
occasion.

The dude got himself executed for no good reason... How much madder do you want him to be?