Good question Mahrooq..
Perhaps i'd be numb if he's standing infront of me, especially if he's smiling. and if i finally can regain my consiousnes again i'd say.."hi, it's awfully considerate of you to stop by at my house.. Thank you"
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Good question Mahrooq..
Perhaps i'd be numb if he's standing infront of me, especially if he's smiling. and if i finally can regain my consiousnes again i'd say.."hi, it's awfully considerate of you to stop by at my house.. Thank you"
I have a friend people call "Jesus." Because he looks like him. When I see him, I say, "Hey! How's it going?" And various other things. If I saw the real Jesus...I probably wouldn't recognize him. Cause that guy's been dead for quite a while.
Ooh, that's a much better one, Tris. But first I'd find myself an English-Aramaic dictionary.Quote:
Originally Posted by trismegistus
......................Say Em, are you free tonite?
LOL. :D Do you find my lame lack of imaginative things to ask Jesus very intriguing?
"I'd also like to know if he ever had any brothers or sisters."
Jesus did have brothers & sisters.
Mark 3:31
Matthew 13:55
KJV
Well, if fate would be kind enough and there were some girls, who could sing, around, then IŽd sing :
Every time I look at you, I donŽt understand
Why you let the things get so out of hand.
YouŽd have managed better, if youŽd had it planned
WhyŽd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land
If youŽd come today, youŽd have reached a whole nation,
Israel 4 BC had no mass communication
et cetera
;)
Simple. His middle initial H stands for : "someone, who has got a mysterious middle name about what most people even don't know, but what certainly makes him more interesting person"Quote:
Originally Posted by mahrooq
But actually (when there weren't any singing girls around ;) ) I would ask, what does he think of all those bloody crimes and wars that were made and held in His name. And if he had known that so much misery would come because of him, would he have come at all?
But I would also ask how much truth there was in the gospels and what was the truth.
(I mean, most of the witnesses were who? - fishermen. Would you believe, if a friend of you, who is a fisherman, would say that "look, I caught soooo big fish today, but it got away"? I don't think you would. But why do people believe, when a fisherman says that he saw how a man walked on water?
Consider me a heretic.)
I think I'd ask Him if He'd like some coffee, cause I can make some killer expresso :thumbs_up
I don't think you'd need one. If He came to you I'd say He would already speak english. He probably knows all languages!Quote:
Originally Posted by emily655321
I would ask Him to forgive the sins of my Ex-Uncle and to maybe go and have a long talk with him about the evil of causing pain and uncertainty in a persons life.
Then I would ask Him if He could pay a visit to my cousin, so that he might find faith in God.
I shall finish by asking if homosexuals will actually go to hell and, if it's true, that particular rule doesn't seem fair to me. Then I shall repent and ask forgiveness for my own numerous sins.
I guess I'd be tying up quite a bit of His time, won't I?
I have met HIM...
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
I pray this touches your heart...as it has mine.
Your sister and friend.
If I met Jesus face to face there would be but one question on my mind. No, wait! By the time I actually ran into him on the street he probably would have already dealt with the problem (as I'm sure HE is fuming right now, and it is probably number one on his list of things to do when he gets here) and so I would only want to know, " What took you so long to smite organized religion that perverted your philosophy to their own ends"?
Am I a heretic? Jesus may disagree............
If being a heretic mean going against all the doctrines of the church, then yes you are, and Im in the boat with you! I say hear the message of Christs sacrafice and accept it as you will, the rest is all made up by people who are just as human as I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by baddad
Amen brother
Oh, that's cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by seeker
Good choices!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hephzibah
First I have always loved that the Biblical creation myth has all things created through the act of speaking. What a commentary on the power of words and the ability to define/hold/create a thing's essence through them.
I'd like to ask Him which is the most correct of several interpretations of your second quote. IMO it would put an end to a great deal of religious hatred and conflict.
I would say, why did you take on all of humanities sins if they still just keep commiting them and can always rely on you to unburden persons at the end?
Love, dude!Quote:
Originally Posted by simon
I would say, if you are who your followers say you are, why is it that 1bn of your followers alive today have failed to significantly make the world a better place? Why have they failed you so badly? Of course his answer would be that he isn't who his followers say he is.
I would like to think that, with Jesus, communication would require no words. I would say nothing, but only wait for him to say anything, and feel especially grateful for any teachings.
I would hope he was here to take me to a better place.....
got butter?
I could tell you what you would all say, according to the Bible. When you do see Jesus, his eyes are like the flame of fire, and on His head many crowns. People will have to bow down and worship Him, confessing that He is Lord.
Here are the verses if you want to check it up:
"His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on His head [were] many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He himself. " Revelations 19:12
" Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth; And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11
That's when you FIRST see Him, in heaven, you'd probably get to ask Him other things.
James was His brother (the book James in the Bible was written by Him).Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven67
<People will have to bow down and worship Him, confessing that He is Lord.>
What a load of garbage. Don't try telling me what I'm gonna do. You're talking complete nonsense. I don't have to do anything.
I just did a google.com search on "Shall I find faith" which is something Jesus said about the last days.
I came up with this url from a Russian Orthodox Bishop's sermon:
http://www.russianorthodoxchurchinex.../pub20041.html
We are presented in the Gospels, by Jesus himself, with a hypothetical account of two different groups of people who meet Jesus, and what they say:
One group rushes to speak first to Jesus. The other group I rather imagine as being silent, and waiting for Jesus to speak first.
Those who impetuously speak out first say, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?" And Jesus says ' And then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU. Depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matt 7:15-23)
The other group, which remains silent, hears Jesus say:
"I was hungry, and you gave me food. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was alone and away from home, and you invited me into your house. I was without clothes, and you gave me something to wear. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.
It is NOW that the second group speaks saying Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you alone and away from home and invite you into our house? When did we see you without clothes and give you something to wear? When did we see you sick or in prison and care for you?
And then Jesus explains I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.
St. John Climacus, author of the "Ladder of Divine Ascent" said, "At the judgment, you shall known the righteous, for their heads shall be hung low and they shall say 'Lord, we have done nothing worthy."
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Alfred Adler was a wonderful psychologist, still popular in Great Britain, I am told, who wrote a popular book for lay readers entitled "What Life Could Mean for You" (or something similar to that.)
Once, after a public lecture, during a question period, someone said "Dr. Adler, what about the question of God, what have you to say?"
Alfred Adler gave a good answer: "I can only hope, if there is a God, that God would be pleased with what I have done with my life."
Gandhi was mesmerized by Jesus' Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, and yet Gandhi rejected Christianity personally, and tells us precisly why in his autobiography: "I saw Christians sin in the most casual fashion, and when I questioned them, they explained that they were constantly being cleansed by the blood of Jesus' sacrifice and their baptism. But I did not seek to escape the CONSEQUENCES of my sins. I desired, if at all possible, to extinguish sin at its very source."
So if I don't act like a robot I'm not righteous huh?
Frankly, Atiguhya, I was rather hoping that you would become my robot, and buy one of my "Boo is God" tee-shirts, and then you would be righteous in my eyes.
"Hegemony" is an interesting word. The abbot of a Greek monastery is termed "Hegoumen" coming from the same word that we derive "hegemony" meaning "to lead or influence."
One may apply Darwinian notions to religions.
Any religion which is very tolerant of differences is not likely to dominate. Rather a more aggressive, outspoken, less tolerant religion will dominate.
A religion which does not believe in written texts but only in oral teachnings will never evolve a body of literature to influence future ages.
Any religion which advocates extreme pacifism and non-violence is unlikely to dominate over religions which wage holy wars.
But as for Sitaram: "Every knee shall bow to Boo"
I second that. ;) No worshipping some guy who calls himself God. No sir!Quote:
Originally Posted by atiguhya padma
I'm not sure what I'd say to him, really...maybe I'd just go for an "Are you single?" :lol:
To be serious, I might ask him if he really believed in God, and if he knew that God himself was an atheist. Actually, I'd go for confusing him by leading him to a gumtree and saying, "Make this tree bear fruit." :goof:
Given the fact that we're talking about Biblical, real son of God, Jesus, rather than Jesus the man who was just a religious guy, I'd not have to ask much about the afterlife or such.
I'd probably ask if it is better to live my life believing what I feel is right, or to suspend the beliefs that would make me happy just to appease some afterlife choice that exists based on how I act?
I will tell him how much i love him and i want to see him and his Mother. i also will tell him that i am walking on the straight way that he walked on it formerly and our date is in the paradise if God willing and i didn't see him in this life.
how are you? would be a good start...
Or "I heard you've been in poor health recently...."
You died that I might live.
I tried all my life to give.
But I couldn't measure
up to the treasure
you sacrificed.
I lived for pleasure,
I merit your censure.
I am at your mercy.
Do with me what you will.
Nice poem. :)
(I wonder if God will send us another Jesus to die for the next batch of sins - 2000 years is a long time. Then it would be a holy quartet.)
Jesus, I thought you were meant to be a prince of peace, not here to put the sword in man's hand? Well you've certainly done a good job of that...on another subject, I was just wondering, is the world really flat, as you'd have us think?
I would say to him, if you are really God, then why did you say on the cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" :p
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Originally Posted by atiguhya padma
Ok, that's funny :D
i wouldnt be able to speak, i think...
If Jesus were alive and I were to meet him, I would ask him if he had ever fallen in love with a girl when he was a teenager. The bible never mentions his adolescent life.
I would say nothing, waiting for Him to welcome me in, fearing he might send me away, saying "You built your life on works and knowledge, not faith." THen I would say His will is right, for only GOd knows the hearts of man (and women)
Then I would say thank you and head into His eternal courts and praise Him, like I have never praised Him before. :idea:
Jesus does have a sister, several in fact... In Mark 6:3 the people of Nazareth are asking who Jesus is "Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph,[ Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?"..."Quote:
Originally Posted by Shea
So it names His brothers and mentions the existence of at least 2 sisters!
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Originally Posted by Infidel
Where did he say he would return in their lifetime???
In Mark9:1 Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."
This is true...the kingdom of God came at his resurrection. And most (all but Judas Iscariot) of His disciples along with many other people saw this during their lifetimes as they themselves went out and preached and healed.
Also the gospels do not contradict each other... the seeming contradictions come from different human authors telling the parts they think are most important in their own linguistic styles.
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Originally Posted by Shea
Actually they were created with other land animals the same day as Adam and Eve...