John J. Bannan
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We know Jesus could read and write. Why didn't he write anything down?
WHy didn't Jesus write anything down?
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Jesus was a descendant of King David; he had the education of a legitimate King.
If you don’t believe the above, then don’t.
In the story of the adulterous woman, Jesus wrote down the sins of all the present people in the sand.
Jesus could also quote the ancient scriptures quite literally.
Besides this facts, you know that Zarathustra, Gautama Buddha, Jesus,, more up to date Osho, and among other enlightened beings, prefer to direct their teachings verbally, nothing written, because if they write something down, some people may use their quotes to justify their stupid actions.
I mean, a teaching can vary from student to student. Buddha could have taught something to Govinda, and another thing to Sariputta. If he would have written his teachings down, then those teachings could have been used against him, or against others.
John J. Bannan
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Jesus could read because in the Gospel there is a story of Jesus reading from the O.T. before a synagogue. Likewise, in a parable, Jesus is writing in the dirt while waiting for other jews to disperse from the crowd readying to stone a prostitute to death.
she wasn´t a prostitute, she was a married woman having sex with another man. And some old perverts were there watching, lusting, then brought the woman to Jesus to justify stoning her to death because of their stupidity.
You have to believe in the Bible to know that a carpenter of the times could read and write. It doesn't have to make sense, he just could.
Maybe his diciples did all the writing. Maybe his writings were buried with him. Maybe they are still out there and haven't been found yet.
He spoke Aramaic and the writing of the time was Hebrew.
So?? I told you it didn't have to make sense! The Bible said he could read and write, so he could.
We only "know" of Jesus based on what the bible claims, a book of myth and superstitions.
Why bother when he had loads of other liars to write for him.
Excellent question! Perhaps because following someone's words is a degenerate form of religion, the same way Lao Tse denounced the codification of laws, saying that if they were written down, people would find a way around them.
I agree, but not only that. If a powerfull figure like Jesus would have written anything down, his followers would have hold on to those words even 2000 years after his death. And let me tell you, now we are not in the same overall situation of that of 2000 years ago; and Jesus teachings would be different today than those of his time.
His followers would have never allowed those words to be contradicted, and even in cases were the words don´t apply, they would use them for personal goals.
For example, Moses could have said a lot of things, between "Thou shall not kill", and "Love others"... some people managed to get the phrase "If a woman is caught in adultery, you have the right to stone her to death...". Ok so Moses could have said that, but in an entirely different concept than actually stoning a woman to death.
But that phrase have been used for thousands of years, and up to this date in some cultures. Imagine the power that one sentence had over the people! And Moses probably didn´t even meant it.
John J. Bannan
Registered Senior Member
So Jesus didn't write anything down, because he was afraid of the language being misused? And yet, the Gospels were written down and used, so you end up with a written version that can be misused whether you like it or not. Don't think Jesus could have anticipated the Gospel writers?
No, I don't think he did.
Carcano
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Loads of common people were descended from David in those days. These kings had several wives and lots and lots of kids.
Jesus was presented as being descended from the priestly caste of Aaron as well...so it was a double whammy.
We also dont know if Jesus lived his entire youth as a simple tradesman. The scriptures are silent on several decades.
Maybe he wrote a whole encyclopedia but it's hidden in some secret chamber in the Vatican.
There were more than 32 Gospels by the time of the council of Nicea, but Irenaeus decided that only 4 Gospels were supposed to be the main doctrine. The church adopted this stupidity, and burned everything else they encountered.
However, there were independant Christian sects by those days, and there were many Jewish communities in the Egyptian borders, like the Therapeutae, who adopted the faith of Early Christians.
These Christian ramifications were later destroyed by the Roman Empire, already raging Catholics.
Excavations during the last century revealed lost Gospels and documents dating back to 50 - 100 A.C. like the Gospel of Thomas and the Sophia of Jesus Christ (this later one claims that Jesus taught things to the Apostles for 11 more years after his crucifixion).
Some people claim that all Christianity originally comes from Rome, and this is also not true. There is an earlier ramification of Christianity dating back to 52 A.C., when the Apostle Thomas went to India, and baptized the first Hindu-Christians during those times.