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If Jesus Showed up Today...
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Father Heathen
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Most U.S. Christians would be like "That brown socialist hippy ain't my Jesus."
PoetPhilosopher
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PoetPhilosopher
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I was speaking only on the mental institution thing. Me speaking on whether he'd be executed would require additional discussion.
I’d ask for magic tricks.
(He’s caused enuf trouble with that religion thingie.)
(He’s caused enuf trouble with that religion thingie.)
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
If Jesus Showed up Today...
Jesus' Second Coming has already taken place in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad- the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi. And he had come on the right moment and was much needed, please.
Right?
Regards
Jesus' Second Coming has already taken place in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad- the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi. And he had come on the right moment and was much needed, please.
Right?
Regards
Yazata
Active Member
If Jesus showed up again, how would somebody like me know that he was the same guy that the new testament talks about? I don't know what the earlier Jesus looked like or sounded like. So the first problem is how to identify him.
The mere fact that in my experience dead people don't return constitutes pretty good justification for my thinking that the new guy is not the Jesus of Christian religious myth.
So the new guy would probably come across as another street corner religious prophet. Many (but not all) of these probably do suffer from psychiatric problems.
The first Jesus lived in a very different time and cultural environment. His message made lots of sense in terms of the Judaism of his time, particularly its more apocalyptic variants. Today his message, if delivered the same way, wouldn't have anything like the same cultural resonance.
I'd just ignore him, I guess, unless he was performing miracles that made him impossible to ignore. I'm not sure what I would think then.
The mere fact that in my experience dead people don't return constitutes pretty good justification for my thinking that the new guy is not the Jesus of Christian religious myth.
So the new guy would probably come across as another street corner religious prophet. Many (but not all) of these probably do suffer from psychiatric problems.
The first Jesus lived in a very different time and cultural environment. His message made lots of sense in terms of the Judaism of his time, particularly its more apocalyptic variants. Today his message, if delivered the same way, wouldn't have anything like the same cultural resonance.
I'd just ignore him, I guess, unless he was performing miracles that made him impossible to ignore. I'm not sure what I would think then.
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Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Specifically the turning water into wine magic trick?
Given the world, he'd be mostly ignored by the majority during his advent and recognized by very few.
Some would claim any miracles are pure fakery, others would call him a good stage magician, some would follow him because they wanted magic cures for this or that and a few would follow him because of who he is.
Some would claim any miracles are pure fakery, others would call him a good stage magician, some would follow him because they wanted magic cures for this or that and a few would follow him because of who he is.
I was thinking of card tricks.
But that’s good too.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
You betcha!
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Texas would execute him. I don't think any other states execute the mentally handicapped.
PureX
Veteran Member
We have no more mental institutions. Reagan eliminated them. So unless Jesus was committing a crime, he'd be just another homeless luna being chased away from the business section of town.
The state didn't care about him last time, and it wouldn't care about him this time, either. He sought no political power. The question would be how would the churches react to someone claiming to be the son of God, and performing miracles. I'm guessing they'd react pretty much the same way they did last time.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
paarsurrey said: ↑
If Jesus Showed up Today...
Jesus' Second Coming has already taken place in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad- the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi. And he had come on the right moment and was much needed, please.
Right?
Regards
If Jesus Showed up Today...
Jesus' Second Coming has already taken place in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad- the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi. And he had come on the right moment and was much needed, please.
Right?
No surprise, it was much needed.You betcha!
Regards
We Never Know
No Slack
They are now called psychiatric hospitals but the dearth of long-term care options for the mentally ill in the U.S. is acute.
As of 2019 there were over 700
psychiatric hospitals
Mental health facilities number by facility type U.S. 2019 | Statista
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
How could he be deported? He was an born Israelite. Israel could put him in jail for disturbing public peace. He could have asked for asylum in other countries, there were many.
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Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Would he end up in a mental institution rather than have been executed?
Our gov says if he doesn't harm others, himself, and can take care of himself they dont care.
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I've been thinking about this subject more, and I think what they'd probably do is put him on antidepressant/antipsychotic medicine, rather than make him live his life in a mental institution.