Did you realize that Jesus had a brother?

aidanjm

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His name was James.

edit: he was written out of history by the early xian church.

edit 2: actually, he had several brothers and sisters. these were full siblings (not half-siblings, altho he may have had half-siblings as well). I am talking about the children of Mary, i.e., Jesus, James, Joses, Judas, & Simon, plus sisters
 

wfbberzerker

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if we're gonna get into all that, it's probably worth mentioning he probably never died on the cross, either
 

KLin

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Book of Mark
6:1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

6:4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
 

aidanjm

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Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
Way to post fringe beliefs as fact!

you read too much Dan Brown.

Who is Dan Brown? I just watched a fascinating documentary on the latest, hi-tech geneological research re: Jesus' family. Fascinating! He came from a quite large family, as it turns out.
 

rhino56

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i suppose for me to call my own brother Lord he would have to show me some amazing stuff.
 

shilala

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I wonder why it's not widely known?
It'd pretty much shoot the whole "Virgin Mary" angle in the ass, wouldn't it?
Only mankind could develop something like religion in order to screw up something as glorious as God.
 

TallBill

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Originally posted by: shilala
I wonder why it's not widely known?
It'd pretty much shoot the whole "Virgin Mary" angle in the ass, wouldn't it?
Only mankind could develop something like religion in order to screw up something as glorious as God.

who?
 

shilala

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Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: shilala
I wonder why it's not widely known?
It'd pretty much shoot the whole "Virgin Mary" angle in the ass, wouldn't it?
Only mankind could develop something like religion in order to screw up something as glorious as God.

who?

Who what?
 

shilala

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Originally posted by: TallBill
Who's God?

Beats the hell out of me.
I don't need an answer, I just know He is.
The best real answer I can come up with is that he's all of us and all that exists.
Could be Oprah for all I know.
 

TallBill

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The best real answer I can come up with is that he's all of us and all that exists.

Meh, I'll stick to being Agnostic, although I'm turning more and more atheist by the day.
 

shilala

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Originally posted by: TallBill
The best real answer I can come up with is that he's all of us and all that exists.

Meh, I'll stick to being Agnostic, although I'm turning more and more atheist by the day.

If I was where you are, I'm sure I'd feel the same way.
The only way I can make sense of the sick shyt that people do is that He gives us free will and it's up to us how we use it.
You're smack up in the middle of a bunch of severe misuse.

 

Doom Machine

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the only thing i ever heard of james being his brother came from that coffin box that was faked so well that it fooled even the best historians till the guy that "found it" got cought and turned out to be a sham

there was some slight evidence saying mary was raped by a roman guard but likely was too ashamed to admit. historians also say its more likely he was put on a tree rather than a cross cuz apparantly the romans did it so much that they couldnt make enough crosses and started using trees. personally i'm more inclined to agree with some that say his healing powers were more like how some do it today....but then again i watch too much discovery channel, religious people are so closed minded that you couldnt prove to them the color of thier own shirt if a priest brainwashed them otherwise lol