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RITE2SPIN - If you think that you were trying to agree with my post you
obviously missed the point of this post.
I asked you where in the Bible did it say that Jewish men must wear short hair (during the time of Christ)? You did not answer, so I will tell you where it is possibly mentioned. It is in the new testament, Corinthians, the author of those books, Paul, was born after the time of Christ. There is no evidence that his implied prohibition of long hair on men was in effect during the times of Christ amongst Jews. Additionally many biblical scholars consider it to be nothing more than his opinion, as there are no other corroborating references about men's hair length in the new testament. All that really exists is much evidence to the contrary found in many parts of the old testament where long hair on men is mentioned frequently.
In the future, why don't you take your juvenile, little capitolized "WOW" somewhere else.
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gomedome
on September 23, 2008 at 9:28 PM
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It say's that it is unbecoming of a man to have long hair, If you have done your home work as you have so many times stated, in so many words, beings your number one and all (''WOW''!!) you would know this. By the way, if you were a grown man you would have by now learned not to wet your pants. I was trying to agree with your post. It is obvious you don't know as much as you let on.
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RITE2SPIN
on September 23, 2008 at 8:41 PM
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RITE2SPIN - you shouldn't make a grown man wet his pants laughing that way
Just where in the bible does it say that? " . . . it was not cool to have long hair for a jew"
Methinks the point of the post was missed somewhat.
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gomedome
on September 23, 2008 at 7:20 PM
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jollyjeff - Re: Interesting as usual gomedome
The question you ask about what blind people relate to is something that supports the contention that an individual must have prior knowledge of, or a conceived image of a manifesting entity. If I can find the link I'll drop it here but basicly, blind people were tested in a group with sighted people, all having their brains stimulated with electromagnetic pulses. The blind people recorded the same results in all categories except in cases where the stimulation induced a sensed presence. Sighted people were able to offer a description which invariably was one of their own religion's central icons (never from another religion), while blind people feeling the same sensation, where unable to offer a description.
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gomedome
on September 23, 2008 at 7:17 PM
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all one has to do is read the bible to know the picture is bull, if you read the bible and I am sure you have, it plainly tells that back in this time of the bible it was not cool to have long hair for a jew.
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RITE2SPIN
on September 23, 2008 at 6:24 PM
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Interesting as usual gomedome
Fascinating who people relate to others who look like themselves. I wonder who blind people relate to.
posted by
jollyjeff
on September 23, 2008 at 2:38 PM
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mousehop - it's funny the way you describe it
I wonder though, how skin color could be a criteria to worship a being that supposedly created all humans? It is so blatantly inconsistent with the traditional definition of God, if in fact, that is what that particular belief implies. If on the other hand, they all turned white for another reason, it would simply fall into the category of religious whoppers, of which there are many.
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gomedome
on September 23, 2008 at 11:30 AM
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Xeno-x - there is a correlation within the avenue of enquiry of human brain
stimulus via electromagnetic pulses between findings and images such as this appearng to people.
It is as you say, from someone's imagination but also now, after so many years, collectively imprinted into all of our imaginations. The premise of induced manifestation through stimuli implies that the subject must have a prior knowledge of the manifesting entity for it to appear as a clearly defined image. This particular image of Jesus, is invariably what is described by Christians undergoing stimuli testing. Yet we are fairly certain that Jesus did not look like this.
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gomedome
on September 23, 2008 at 11:20 AM
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Re: never knew where it came from
Mythologies always reflect the culture. The depictions of Jesus come from Western Europe, so they use Western European ideals in their pictures.
Among Mormons, Jesus is white, and during the time in the notorious Book of Mormon when all the Natives of the Americas (whom they call 'Lamanites') converted to Christianity (Yes, for about two hundred years, everyone in America was a Christian, per the Book of Mormon), the natives, The American Indians, all turned white! Talk about gall.
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mousehop
on September 23, 2008 at 8:51 AM
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never knew where it came from
never understood where the long wavy-locked Jesus came from either. Somebody's imagination for sure.
Earliest depictions in the Catacombs of Rome show a darker-skinned, young man with short, curly black hair. I would figure the closer to the scene, the more accurate the depiction, you know?
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Xeno-x
on September 23, 2008 at 5:55 AM
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