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Its not even good herecy.
Originally posted by skalla
time's kinda slipping thru my fingers right now and i still havent even had a chance to read the op in full, but i've done a little digging on the tattoo thing and it sure aint easy.
trouble is there are "magic" tattoos in Thailand associated with "heiratic movements" that really bork up clean searching etc. meh
found very little in some quick searches (mostly image based) but i did find these..
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“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men,d put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. David said about him:
“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest in hope,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
you will not let your holy one see decay.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.’e
“Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
Acts 2:22-36
Jesus seems to have become whatever a particular social construct needs him to be. And I might suggest here this is by design, giving everyone a symbol they can relate to, and not provided by theologians, if you get where I am going, t hough I have no personal objection to seeing him the way you are describing.
Originally posted by skalla
reply to post by Logarock
thing is, we are not exactly discussing christianity, we are discussing possibilities regarding the historical figure of who is generally known to christians as christ which is an important distinction, though one that many christians would understandably find hard to accept. so much so that you for example would like to exclude folk from the discussion.
it's possible to believe in the historical figure of christ, or to wish to explore the issue without being a christian or attatching huge value to the new testament and translations thereof.
if you cant recognise or accept this, fair enough, i personally have no objection to you expressing that but please do not try to tell people that they cannot be involved.
however, if your outrage or annoyance circuitry has not been tickled enough yet, it may get worse as there are other avenues being explored regarding magical tattoo and such. it's not done to upset though (i would not wish to speak for the op, but i'm here as i find the subject fascinating from various angles), but it's a very interesting world we live in and not all of us regard one sect's reading of a selection of written works as the alpha and omega, as i am sure you are aware - regardless of the danger you may see us as putting ourselves in and so forth.
Originally posted by Logarock
reply to post by skalla
Yea the swastika is all over the place. They used them over here and where you are. But its connected to sun worship, the resurection of the sun which is not something Jesus would have a tatto of. I dont think Wind had it that way anyway.
Originally posted by windword
Originally posted by Logarock
reply to post by skalla
Yea the swastika is all over the place. They used them over here and where you are. But its connected to sun worship, the resurection of the sun which is not something Jesus would have a tatto of. I dont think Wind had it that way anyway.
LOL! What do you think, that I was implying that Jesus was a Nazi?