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coconino · 08-20-2010, 07:36 AM

There seems to me to be perfect consistency between the myth of the resurrection and the myth of the return. They are both natural sentiments for a disappointed group of rebels who believed Jesus would rid Judea and Galilee of the Roman occupation and be crowned King as a direct descendant of David, in place of Roman puppet appointees.

The similarities to Iraq and Afghanistan today are interesting.

Minimalist · 08-21-2010, 10:40 PM

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Well, you can start by reading Zechariah 12-14.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...14&version=NIV

With all due respect ( a euphemism meaning "none") Zecharaiah sounds as if it was written by a f*&king lunatic.

rizdek · 08-22-2010, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Eldarion Lathria

Jesus has already come. He came in 1914, on the farm of Emil Kraus in Germany. He and his angels and saints, (or sangels and aints) were the size of ants. Emil stepped on Jesus and squashed him as he went out to milk the cows. I believe the farm was near Bamberg.

Eldarion Lathria

Jesus was squashed for our sins?

Somehow the symbolism of a boot coming down on a statue of Christ, shaped like an ant, as he cowers behind a blade of grass isn't as picturesque as him in human form dangling from nails on a big wooden T with blood dripping.

mountainman · 08-23-2010, 04:54 AM

Look busy.

Littlejohn · 08-23-2010, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by coconino

Does anyone know of anything that has been written about Jesus's return ? What is it supposed to be like ?
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I hope he looks like not to Berlusconi, the anointed of Arcore!..

Greetings

Littlejohn

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spamandham · 08-24-2010, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by coconino

OK, well, here is the challenge. The apocalyptic stuff quoted above is obviously grist for the mill of the ultra-right evangelical fundamentalists. But what would a more mainstream Anglican or Protestant believe ? (I assume that all Christian denominations believe in Jesus' Second Coming). Does anyone know the less loony explanations ?

A less looney explanation is to recognize that the Jesus depicted in the NT is a composite of several different theologies. One is an apocalyptic end-of-days loony tunes scenario.

A less cartoonish version is something akin to what Chilli said. When I read Paul, I do not primarily see a Jesus of history planning to return riding a horse (in the sky). Instead, I see Jesus as figuratively representing the ego. From that perspective, the arrival of Jesus is not some distant future event, but something that happens to every Christians when they finally "crucify" their ego and become a new creation as a result (the resurrection).

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08-20-2010, 07:36 AM	#21
coconino Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: highlands Posts: 145	There seems to me to be perfect consistency between the myth of the resurrection and the myth of the return. They are both natural sentiments for a disappointed group of rebels who believed Jesus would rid Judea and Galilee of the Roman occupation and be crowned King as a direct descendant of David, in place of Roman puppet appointees. The similarities to Iraq and Afghanistan today are interesting.

08-23-2010, 04:54 AM	#24
mountainman Contributor Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Falls Creek, Oz. Posts: 11,192	Look busy.

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