Was Jesus a hypocrite?

by James Mixon 13 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Doug Mason

  James,

  These three Gospels - Mark, Matthew, and then Luke - were written by different people at different times for different readerships for very different purposes.
  

  No NT writer, including these, either saw or heard Jesus. They relied on the traditions that were passed on in their respective communities.

  So it should not be any surprise that they disagreed with one another.

  The initial Christians were not documenters (probably not literate). They fully expected the Coming and God's Kingdom to take place shortly, so why write? Even Jesus - who shared their expectations - did not write anything.

  The earliest NT record comes from Paul, and he does not describe Jesus' life or his words. He too expected Jesus to "come" during his lifetime, and his letters address short-term local issues based on the final days of Jesus' life.

  The Gospels started to emerge after Paul's death, after the destruction of Jerusalem. "Luke" was not even a Jew, His Gospel is as unreliable as his book of Acts.

  An interesting direction of research would be to study scholarly works that seek to determine which of the words ascribed to Jesus were likely genuinely uttered by him. I have seen estimates that 25% can be considered as genuine.
  

  Doug
  
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  fulltimestudent

  I do not see any evidence that the man behind the myth was a hypocrite. But I do suggest that what we can see and read that's attributed to him, all suggests that he was delusional.

  Look at what we know about him. Born a carpenter's kid, he grows up with an also deluded mother, who thinks she's given birth to a special son who's destined to do great things for their national god. The evidence is that he was not the only one in Palestine at that time that thought like this. Other's also had this fantasy based on Daniel ch 7. Hence the words of Mark 13:26:

  "At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory."

  In spite of the beliefs of similarly deluded people (including me for most of my life), Jesus died like all humans and that was the end of him and his own delusion. We have not seen him or heard from him in all the centures since he died.
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  James Mixon

  So my question Doug, what is the authentic way of life for a true Christian base on

  the Bible? You estimate 25% genuine, what 75% of the bible is crap.

  It's frustrating talking to a believer and using the bible only, Gods word, and

  you are told not to believe this part. We have so many different opinions, what is

  true what is just a story. After 1700 years we still question the truth about the Bible.
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  Crazyguy

  The Bible is full of contradictions prophecy s that didn't come true and the story of Jesus is different from gospel to Gospel. Jesus told people he would return before they died and also told a congregation in revelations to hold on he'll be back. Well that congregation doesn't even exist anymore. And let's not forget based on the writings of the old testament the Jews expected their messsiah to be like Moses and Cyrus. They we're to be freed from their oppressors that's why they reject Jesus as their Messiah.