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 saw an older man and his wife looking at condoms in the shop earlier.

His wife said "I'm not interested in that."

He said "you should be."

This thread is wonderful
I love that Paul O'Grady founded the Church I was brought up in.

I can't wait to catch up, I haven't seen it yet, is it as good?

I think so although there is some disagreement in online discussion groups! Some episodes are a bit hit and miss though.

Oh dear, irony overload on this thread. People trying to claim superior knowledge making claims such as "The historical person Jesus of Nazareth did exist. There is documentary evidence of a person of that name causing problems for the Romans in that region at that time".

I would be interested to see this documentary evidence, along with every scholar, biblical or otherwise!

"Jesus the man almost certainly did exist. This is not really in dispute."

Well, it is now that people don't get excommunicated, tortured, or killed for suggesting it. The complete lack of evidence is still being hidden as far as possible by the church (hence declarations like the above), but it is somewhat telling, and it's a growing opinion.

There have been some interesting discussions on the subject on here...

I know a man whp insisted that chickens weren't animals because according to him birds aren't animals. No one dares bring it up any more.

As a Muslim, correct me if I'm wrong anyone we do not believe that Jesus was born Muslim as Islam did not exist at that time... He is of great importance to us though and we do believe that he will be resurrected as a Muslim, we do not believe he died in the way that others do though... Tell the guy that Jesus was middle Eastern, that night blow his mind...

I once worked with a girl who couldn't understand that ducks weren't fish, because "they live in water like fish do"

In the 17th century the Catholic church decreed that Beavers were fish (and therefore allowed to be eaten on a Friday) because they live in water like fish do.

My mother taught in a Catholic school which was largely staffed by nuns. Every year they put on a beautiful Nativity tableau in the church with bells, choir, readings etc, and every year by tradition the Head Girl played Mary.
One year there was consternation amongst the nuns about the 'problem' with that year's head girl - she was Jewish.
My DM said she and some of the other teachers didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
(It was resolved in the end and the head girl did play Mary.)

This thread is actually hilarious. “Jesus’ surname was Christ”, “Jesus received communion”, “Jesus was possibly half genetically Jewish if he came from Mary’s eggs”. I’m agog.

No idea. He was dumbfounded when challenged with "What do you think they are then, a plant?"

Nobody has asked about Thora yet. As in

Jesus was Jewish. His religion was Judaism and his idea of a Church was firmly based in the teachings of Thora, only bringing them further

Is this Thora Hird? For a moment I thought it might be a woman in 'Whatever happened to the Likely Lads'. But then I realised that was Thelma...

@AnnDerry That is the funniest post!!

I hope the people who complained were then educated 😂

There's an interesting article in The Guardian about the evidence behind Jesus' existence.

I went out with a guy once (pre smart phones so couldn’t settle it with google) and we were sitting in an old pub (circa 17th century i’d day) that had a very low door, he said ‘why did they make the door so small’ and I thought he was joking so I laughed... but no, neither he nor any of his friends we were with realised that people were shorter in those days. They soundly ridiculed me when I told them and had a jolly good laugh at me.

We broke up shortly after

*Simon Gathercole is Reader in New Testament Studies at the University of Cambridge

Obviously unbiased

I would imagine if Paul O'Grady had set up the Christian church, things would be a tad more inclusive.

I'm now planning to think of old sourpuss St Paul as Lily Savage for the rest of my life. The Epistles to the sodding Corinthians would be much improved with a few 'It's fun, fun, fun all the way, campers!'

Good article, friend.

I stand by the statement that Jesus took communion. He even said a form of the Eucharistic Prayer beforehand. This is Gospel. (Pun intended).

Ffs. Thora Hird and Paul O'Grady set up the Xtian church. They were both Jewish, of Middle Eastern appearance, and their father was a fish, who is also a duck, and who gets eaten every Friday after re enacting the last supper.

You people know nothing.

Don't forget the mermaids and unicorns Mrs Doyle.

You lot are all now official members of my family and are invited around to have this argument again at my house on Xmas Day.

• waits for someone to come along and explain why Xmas is actually a more accurate word than Christmas etc etc

In the 17th century the Catholic church decreed that Beavers were fish (and therefore allowed to be eaten on a Friday) because they live in water like fish do.

Eating Beaver . . . a traditional St Valentine's Day meal, I take it?

I had a massive argument with a friend (she wouldn’t let it go) because she insisted the romans never got to Egypt,because how they would’ve travelled all that way in those times. She was actually furious about it and kept asking if I thought she’s stupid. Well...