He told his followers the end would arrive before they died. When it didn't here’s what two thousand years of scholarship, and two thousand years of damage control, have done with that.
The choir, here. Unfortunately, telling the truth to true believers is a little like telling MAGA people the true facts about Trump's convictions as a rapist, racist, and fraud, and his two impeachments for insurrection. True believers and MAGA people already have their minds made up, and they don't want to be confused by the facts.
It seems like the apocalyptic leader and the deliverer of radical morality which we also have good attestation for in sayings Gospels are two different men. Can they be reconciled?
I imagine Jesus was a man who had fundamental issues with the way Judaism was practiced and believed the moral code needed rewriting. At the time, the apocalypse was the hottest topic in town, and everyone with something to say had to talk about it--especially if you wanted to draw a crowd.
Re "The person he promises will witness the event is Caiaphas himself, the man in the room signing off on the execution." Actually, if Caiaphas had signed off on his execution (via stoning, which was in their power as the sentence for blasphemy), there would be no cross, probably no resurrection, and likely no Christianity. Why they went penitently to the Romans is pathetic, possibly because they didn't want his death on their hands.
If the Father hadn’t made blasphemy a capital crime, nothing would have happened either. To have someone executed for blasphemy, all that was needed was two, preferably three, witnesses, making Jesus merely one of many victims--assuming Jesus wasn't actually blasphemous.
And it still continues. We live in one of the most peaceful times in human history, yet people still cry out that the apocalypse is near, everything is worse than ever, even though the Holocaust and the Cold War were only decades ago.
Yes, the doom 'n gloom merchants seize any opportunity to proclaim that "The end is nigh" and that ONLY they know it for a fact - it's a huge ego boost - and sometime between now and the end of time, by pure chance, one of them will be right.
But to all who moan and groan, here's another look at the state of the world:
The choir, here. Unfortunately, telling the truth to true believers is a little like telling MAGA people the true facts about Trump's convictions as a rapist, racist, and fraud, and his two impeachments for insurrection. True believers and MAGA people already have their minds made up, and they don't want to be confused by the facts.
Do you think there is a solution to it?
My solution was moving from the US to Canada. Unfortunately, Canada's moat isn't nearly deep enough nor filled with enough alligators.
Appreciate all your research and effort you put in. It's admirable.
Thank you Ernest!
It seems like the apocalyptic leader and the deliverer of radical morality which we also have good attestation for in sayings Gospels are two different men. Can they be reconciled?
I imagine Jesus was a man who had fundamental issues with the way Judaism was practiced and believed the moral code needed rewriting. At the time, the apocalypse was the hottest topic in town, and everyone with something to say had to talk about it--especially if you wanted to draw a crowd.
Re "The person he promises will witness the event is Caiaphas himself, the man in the room signing off on the execution." Actually, if Caiaphas had signed off on his execution (via stoning, which was in their power as the sentence for blasphemy), there would be no cross, probably no resurrection, and likely no Christianity. Why they went penitently to the Romans is pathetic, possibly because they didn't want his death on their hands.
If the Father hadn’t made blasphemy a capital crime, nothing would have happened either. To have someone executed for blasphemy, all that was needed was two, preferably three, witnesses, making Jesus merely one of many victims--assuming Jesus wasn't actually blasphemous.
Every article is a new learning experience for me. Thanks for the work
And it still continues. We live in one of the most peaceful times in human history, yet people still cry out that the apocalypse is near, everything is worse than ever, even though the Holocaust and the Cold War were only decades ago.
Yes, the doom 'n gloom merchants seize any opportunity to proclaim that "The end is nigh" and that ONLY they know it for a fact - it's a huge ego boost - and sometime between now and the end of time, by pure chance, one of them will be right.
But to all who moan and groan, here's another look at the state of the world:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190111-seven-reasons-why-the-world-is-improving