Jesus was Jewish
I must say I am under-whelmed with the responses to the Jesus question. Thanks David, for being the one person who answered it. I was hoping with the large percentage of this blog’s readership being Catholic, that it would have drawn more responses.
I had only put the question out there because I was reading somewhere how the resurrection is the whole foundation for Christianity and if it were disproved that particular religious movement would cease to be. I did find it interesting that even though it is a central tenant, that believers do not agree upon whether it was a physical actual (videotapable event) or something less tangible.
I was not aware of this, and was curious how important y’all believed the event to be to your faith. Anyway, so much for the interesting discussion.
4 responses to “Jesus was Jewish”
(following is a joke) I always figured that most of the readership was passed out on the floor after reading the question! SPats!
Hey Jamie, I answered it in my own little way just now. Its on a comment under that post. I hope this, ummm, “resurects” some of your faith in your Catholic readership. (Although its tough to say my answer was in line with the Church. It wasn’t).
jetmore says: humans have a tremendous ability to excuse things in their head. Proof that the resurrection didn’t happen wouldn’t change christianity as a whole.
As supporting evidence, see the wife beater who knows beyond doubt that he is saved because he goes to church on sunday. Or my mom, a devout catholic and a trained biologist, who is both solid in her faith and the knowledge that evolution is real.
“‘However, proof denies faith, and without faith You are nothing.’ He then went on to prove that black is white and was killed at the next zebra crossing.”
But who says that being a trained scientist ( as I am ) and having faith are inherently contradictory? Where in Catholic doctrine does it say that an individual cannot believe in the creation myth and also in the natural prgression of not only human but all biological evolution? Catholic scholars (and many other religious minds of note for that matter) have long understood the power of parable, hyperbole, metaphor, and other literary devices in the Bible. As for the wife-beating man I cannot say. I agree that the human mind has the ability to rationalize almost anything. I am working on my doctorate in neuroscience and have a firm belief in the basic ethic of Christianity… to love your neighbor as yourself. What is beyond that is the subject of human institution and the flaws that come with any such hierarchy.
(following is a joke) I always figured that most of the readership was passed out on the floor after reading the question! SPats!
Hey Jamie, I answered it in my own little way just now. Its on a comment under that post. I hope this, ummm, “resurects” some of your faith in your Catholic readership. (Although its tough to say my answer was in line with the Church. It wasn’t).
humans have a tremendous ability to excuse things in their head. Proof that the resurrection didn’t happen wouldn’t change christianity as a whole.
As supporting evidence, see the wife beater who knows beyond doubt that he is saved because he goes to church on sunday. Or my mom, a devout catholic and a trained biologist, who is both solid in her faith and the knowledge that evolution is real.
“‘However, proof denies faith, and without faith You are nothing.’ He then went on to prove that black is white and was killed at the next zebra crossing.”
But who says that being a trained scientist ( as I am ) and having faith are inherently contradictory? Where in Catholic doctrine does it say that an individual cannot believe in the creation myth and also in the natural prgression of not only human but all biological evolution? Catholic scholars (and many other religious minds of note for that matter) have long understood the power of parable, hyperbole, metaphor, and other literary devices in the Bible. As for the wife-beating man I cannot say. I agree that the human mind has the ability to rationalize almost anything. I am working on my doctorate in neuroscience and have a firm belief in the basic ethic of Christianity… to love your neighbor as yourself. What is beyond that is the subject of human institution and the flaws that come with any such hierarchy.