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Are we trying to be cute here?

You are the one in dire need of a dictionary.

Everything I said is inferred from you post. Now if I am missing something, kindly point it out.

You are making the case that Jesus was not poor. Your case is that given the qualities he is said to possess, he cannot be poor. You even gave instances of others like him in modern society who are billionaires (obviously ignoring the fact that NONE of them live on charity).

okeyxyz, does a rich man live on charity? Read this

Mathew 8:20
Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the son of man has no place to lay his head

Whether you want to accept it or not, Jesus relied on charity since he was not working, for if the people were obliged to take care of him, then that would be some kind of work (preach, teach and heal for food).

Since they did it of their own volition, it qualifies as charity.

Now, if you wish to make the case that it was not charity, then how did he make a living?

Oh, and that your demarcation between literal and symbolic will not wash here. Everyone has their own criteria to fit their doctrine. For a minute, I thought you were going to talk about a mythical gate called the "eye of a needle" which was very narrow and bla bla bla.


On a final note, I went through your post again and I see that you are doing a lot of assuming and inferring so this whole argument is moot anyway. I do want to do my own inferring and assuming too (you cannot monopolize that).

I would say he was not only poor, he had the "mentality" of a poor man. He cursed the fig tree just because he was hungry knowing fully well that the season had not come. That is the act of a poor hungry man!

So Jesus was not poor, he was rich. Mainly from charity.

Reasons:
He was a gifted orator (one of the best according to you)
He was a miracle worker (and miracle workers you gave as examples are millionaires and billionaires).

Wasnt it the same Jesus who told someone to sell all he had and give to the poor?
Same Jesus that spoke of how much easier it would be for a Camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven?

Am I missing something here?

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lol. Its me; YOU

Jesus depicted with long hair. What a disgrace (Samson too)

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Purist: I dey o... we should team up and open a church ASAP. Don't you see we're gifted?

We could take turns prophesying and not about football matches

jayriginal: Theists

1) Pastor AIO -- Possibly the most open minded theist on this section.
2) JeSoul -- The Lady of the section.
3) [b]Uyi Iredia -- not your "I believe in God because the bible said so" type. Has some unique perspectives on his theological position.
[/b]4) Debosky -- not a regular here these days but surely one of the more objective theists ([size=4pt]apparently a ladies man[/size])
5) Joagbaje -- not out of the soundness of his arguments but for the fact that he has been attacked so many times but I havent seen a reprisal on his part.

hehehe. Purist whats up bro?

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wiegraf: There are no kangaroos in the bible?

Ding ding ding ding!

No roos brah. No roos! No hip hop either

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Must have placed that picture here erroneously. Wrong thread. My apologies

JeSoul: I'm aware of how fiery the issue of hell is in this section.

Oh JeSoul. Arent you supposed to tell us whether the pun is intended or not? Where are your manners

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Uyi Iredia: . . . some Christians have simply not given thought to the religion. They just follow it.

A lot more than "some" I would say. Why think when you can just have "faith"

musKeeto: There was a period I used to put them up as dp on my bbm...

I'd less contacts in 2 days..

I can imagine!!!