[QUOTE="CleanPlayer"][QUOTE="Serial-No_3404"]yes he existed no he was not gods son religion is for the weakMotherSuperior

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"][QUOTE="MotherSuperior"]The person Joseph in the Old Testament was a prototype for the character Jesus Christ. Joseph was a real man, but Jesus was not.MotherSuperior

Luke's genealogy starts at Adam and goes to David. Matthew's genealogy starts at Abraham and goes to David. When the genealogies arrive at David, they split with David's sons: Nathan (Mary's side) and Solomon (Joseph's side).

There is no discrepancy because one genealogy is for Mary and the other is for Joseph. It was customary to mention the genealogy through the father even though it was clearly known that it was through Mary.

They knew the cultural context and had no problem with it knowing that one was of Joseph and the other of Mary. Third, notice that Luke starts with Mary and goes backwards to Adam. Matthew starts with Abraham and goes forward to Joseph. The intents of the genealogies were obviously different which is clearly seen in their ****. Luke was not written to the Jews, Matthew was. Therefore, Matthew would carry the legal line (from Abraham through David) and Luke the biological one (from Adam through David).

Also, notice that Luke's first three chapters mention Mary eleven times; hence, the genealogy from her. Fourth, notice Luke 3:23, "And when He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being supposedly the son of Joseph, the son of Eli," This designation "supposedly" seems to signify the Marian genealogy since it seems to indicate that Jesus is not the biological son of Joseph.

We have more evidence of Christ than we do of Alexandar the Great or any other known Greek figure. Hell, our evidence of Socrates is limited at best. By the way, I wouldn't be looking for "research" in religious tolerance. The site is incredibly bias against mainstream religions and makes so many numerous assumptions of Christians, Muslims and Hindus without actually supporting such assertions.

I'm a Quaker but if I had to choose another faith other than Christianity it would be Deism.

Nirvana. Honestly, they have great songs but I don't consider Kurt to be the best lyric writer or the idea that his image/influence is revolutionary.

I'm sure there's a fine line, but to make clear the difference, I think you need an extreme example. For instance, Christianity is a faith; a delusion would be believing you're going to take over the world.

-Twilight-

dude..that's lust,....not love...Omni-Slash

There's only one Terminator ending I accept and goes by the name of Terminator 2.

• People who walk very slowly or stop in the middle of the hallway to talk, then complain when people tell them to move. Honestly, WTH?
• Anti-theists/anti-religious people and religious fundamentals and extremists. Being in the extreme side of the religious/irreligious spectrum is annoying.
  
• People who view getting hammered as a method of gaining respect then telling other people how awesome it is, even if the people they're talking to don't want to hear it.
• People who tell other people what "real music" is.
• People who call themselves rebellious or not conforming to society ideals despite the fact they just conformed to another standard of another group's expectations and all there Friends are doing it.
  

"No thanks, I don't drink." Usually this works even if they're not going out to drink.