Vinnie

What museum do they keep his pivate jet in?

Vinnie

YOu know its not.

spin

I know it's precocious dementia.

Vinnie has convinced himself that he has the alchemy to turn relative chronology into real chronology without any pegs whatsoever. I mean on even less evidence than his absurd claim about his Jesus's sexuality. How one can know the real world sexual leanings of a literary entity is beyond reason. He posts to this forum from a padded cell called Joisey.


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Boomeister

I remember reading somewhere on the internet that Jesus went to Asia, but I can't remember which country they claimed he went to.

I'm wondering if people want to make speculation about this because maybe there were other people in Asia who made similar teachings and to be consistent with their view that Jesus' teachings are enlightening because he's a god, they have to say that it must be Jesus? {I know there were others who made similar teachings even before Jesus supposedly existed, but this apologetic speculation at least teaches the flock (most of them who would not be knowledgeable about the teachings of Confucius, Buddha, etc.) to never worry, as true wisdom only comes from Jesus.}

Just a speculation on my part.

Boomeister

GakuseiDon

Nah, it was a hoax created in the 19th century. That period saw the origins of a lot of weirdness that people today are still taken in by - Christian science, various historical Jesus theories, the Christ myth, modern seances, UFOs, faeries in the garden, Atlantis (modern version) and Lemuria. It must have been an interesting time to be around.

Boomeister

The more I learn about the 19th Century, the more I like it in a bizarre way. I used to think the 1800's was a boring century. But our traditional history books don't talk about the wackiness of it. Although very anti-intellectual, beliefs of UFO's, Atlantis, and fairies would provide one with entertainment.



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Vinnie

My datings are intact. I actuallyhave dialogued with serious scholarship on them. Heres a challenge: go posit your views on dating at x-talk. I'll be happy to correspond with you there.

Vinnie

The Evil One

Almost as bizarre is the theory that Jesus visited England.

No, no, bear with me, because you see Joseph of Arimathea, who was clearly Jesus' uncle, was a merchant, right, so he would have been trading copper, and the main source of copper mines was Cornwall, you see, and Joseph would clearly have visited his overseas interests, and why the hell wouldn't he have taken his nephew along?

And, right, after the crucifixion, like, Joseph returned to England to hide with the Holy Grail, you see, which is how it got buried under Glastonbury.

... right?

spin

No, Vinnie, I'm leaving you to your [insult edited]. Such research died before it was born. And you've got to be kidding, doing your thing without control over the original language, always victim of the translator's whims. I've already had dealings with the hysterical jesusers and other dullards on x-squawk. History is beyond them ([insult edited]). [insult edited] yes there are a few more stimulatinglings, but few and busy.

I'm back to the scrolls and their background, though if I get the day off and a connection I may be back to keep [insult edited] in check.


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GakuseiDon

I think it was more "pseudo-intellectual" than "anti-intellectual". It was the time of the rise of rationalism. Easy access and trade routes with points in the far east made Eastern philosophical ideas popular. People tried to find links between everything! And there was a cottage industry in books that tried to cash in on all this. Egyptology, Bible textual criticism, Psychic Research - these weren't anti-intellectual pursuits, but the new "cutting edge" of modern (from a 19th century perspective) thought. I think it was an unprecedented time in the history of our planet.