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What Was Jesus Thinking?; This should be a fun discussion.
Topic Started: May 4 2008, 11:57 PM (514 Views)
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Okay, this topic was brought up to me by a friend in my Statistics class.


We all know the story of Jesus, but what was he thinking??

Ever since he was born, he was given all kinds of crazy gifts and had everyone tell him that he was the "Son of God." Do you think he ever questioned himself? I don't think they really talked about that in the Bible.

The Bible describes his birth, and part of his teenage years, and of course his adulthood, but what about from age 3 to 14 or so... I don't see how a little kid, the age of an elementary schooler, could come to grips with the realization that he is the Son of God...

Do you think he ever asked himself, "Wow, am I really all of this that they say I am?"
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Well, there are multiple theories out there, depending on what sect of Christianity you come from (or I suppose any religion for that matter). And in fact, classical art displays it brilliantly. In a lot of frescoes you'll see that they used to portray Jesus as a babe, but with a man's facial features instead of that of a child. This explains that although they believed that Jesus went through the life of a human, he always had the cognizance of God. It is also part of the famous Christological Question actually. It was a huge deal for the Catholic Church and a number of the Ecumenical Councils sought to answer it.
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May 5 2008, 04:01 AM
Well, there are multiple theories out there, depending on what sect of Christianity you come from (or I suppose any religion for that matter). And in fact, classical art displays it brilliantly. In a lot of frescoes you'll see that they used to portray Jesus as a babe, but with a man's facial features instead of that of a child. This explains that although they believed that Jesus went through the life of a human, he always had the cognizance of God. It is also part of the famous Christological Question actually. It was a huge deal for the Catholic Church and a number of the Ecumenical Councils sought to answer it.

I always wondered why that was :lol:
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With certain exceptions, I don't think Jesus grew up being told that he was the Son of God. Remember, the Jewish people actually rejected Jesus. They were expecting their Savior to be a powerful earthly King that would overthrow the Roman government, not a spiritual King, not the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and certainly not a baby born in a manger with the filthy animals and with "no place to lay his head". I wonder even to what extent Jesus' mother spoke to him about her virgin birth or of her knowledge of who he was. All in all, I believe that Jesus had at least a (somewhat) normal childhood.
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the bible wasn't written for a good century or so after jesus' death...everything written in the bible is basically documented hearsay
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Lugiatm
May 5 2008, 07:36 PM
the bible wasn't written for a good century or so after jesus' death...everything written in the bible is basically documented hearsay

Not really. I'm sure many of the scribes wrote about Jesus at the actual time and when they combined it into the New Testament they would've looked at those writings and put them in the Gospels.

I don't think Jesus would've asked himself those questions. He just knew he was, he didn't like, dispute it. He knew he was sent by God and he had a set task to carry out, I don't think he doubted that.
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Ever seen "Dogma"?
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May 5 2008, 08:21 PM
Ever seen "Dogma"?

No.
Elaborate as if I said yes.
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I don't really believe that he was he Son Of God, but if he was, I can just imagine him doing something amazing, and then being quite freaked out and worried, like 'Did that just happen?'. I'm sure he'd be a little surprised.

If I found out I was the daughter of God, I'd be finding out what I could do as I'd be extremely curious, so perhaps he was like that. ^_^
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Lugiatm
May 5 2008, 11:36 AM
the bible wasn't written for a good century or so after jesus' death...everything written in the bible is basically documented hearsay

The Gospels were not written a century after Jesus' death (some other parts of the New Testament may have been, though.) And the Gospels in particular were written by people who saw these things firsthand and actually walked with Jesus and became his disciples, so when they did write, they were not writing based on rumors or "hearsay".
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