To be amused at a discussion I can overhear?

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At work and currently listening in on a discussion where one woman is trying to explain to a colleague that Jesus was Jewish. Colleague isn't having it

Obviously Jesus was jewish.

I suppose to be fair they are both right in that he was obvs born into the Jewish faith and was ethnically Hebrew, but he converted in adulthood to this thing he invented called Christianity. Christ is his surname so he must have come first. But equally, I mean, he didn't die practising Judaism, did he.

A long extinct species of rhino can hardly be described as a unicorn.

Christ is his surname

Seriously?

Actually Jesus could have been "white", there were/are many tribes in the Middle East with fair skin and hair, blue eyes etc. It's unlikely, but it is possible!

he didn't die practising Judaism, did he.

Errrr....yes!

@InsomniacAnonymous Those were pointed out to her - she had apparently never seen one fly either, to which someone said "Well what about chickens and penguins?" which just further confused matters... But until that point, she, at 22 years old, genuinely thought that ducks were a type of fish based on living "in" water, and not having seen one fly.

KimmySchmidt1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_(title)

Many people believe that the last supper was the Passover meal, so yes he was a practising Jew.

Jesus was a practising Jew. The Christian church came after his death and resurrection.

An essay on the Bible Archaeology site about this.

www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/was-jesus-a-jew/

he converted in adulthood to this thing he invented called Christianity.

Christianity didn't exist until after the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus.

This is my favourite thread so far. I am 100% happy with my understanding of Jesus but my oh my am I enjoying everyone else.
I had the worst meeting with school today and I couldnt imagine what would cheer me up.
The same persons on either side of the Paul debate (O’Grady not of the bible) heard some interesting news about Eddie Izzard at the same time. I felt robbed of the debate. Carry on everyone.

My jaw has been dropped about 70% of the time while reading this thread. I'm so upset that people are this thick.

Noni,

What are their opinions re Liberace?

I’ve tried explaining this to my daughter many times without success! Jesus didn’t invent Christianity. He was a practising Jew. Don’t forget that not long before he died he was celebrating Passover.

Christianity is based on the fact that Jesus is the son of God, died to save us and was resurrected. How could all those beliefs exist when he was still alive?

Sorry to repeat what other people have just said...

@ hotbutteredcrumpetsandtea OMG but in my defence she was moaning that they didn't have any in the Zoo

stoneage men must have been permanently pissed

Sounds good to me

I had to teach some R.S. last year (I'm a history teacher, they make us branch out) and I casually mentioned that it was considered that Jesus was actually born in spring.
I had 7 complaints from parents suggesting I was blaspheming and indoctrinating their children.

I’m doing my family members an injustice. Liberace they totally understand, they just struggle with the more modern middle of the road ness. These were also poor examples, mainly its a lot of is there still an x on y street, what time does marks open. If I had the money for google glasses I could blow some minds.

flowers Stupidity like that is why I don't envy teachers.

I had 7 complaints from parents suggesting I was blaspheming and indoctrinating their children.

The following would blow their minds then:

www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/why-december-25

www.christianitytoday.com/history/2008/august/why-december-25.html

Many people believe that the last supper was the Passover meal.
The Gospels are explicit that it was the Passover Meal, so this is mainstream thinking in all Christian denominations.