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"FF, what colour was Jesus?"

Or God for that matter. He made us in His image and the earliest Humans were from Asia, so they must have been yellow/brown/whatever skinned. Yet, every Bible printed, every religious image in the Western world shows him as a white man. Why is that? Do you think it could be some subtle form of manipulation for us Honkys? The whole region of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, etc., is in the Middle East area, and I don't see no white folk about. Could it be that the Bible my old school gave me and forced me to learn from was lying to me?

My personal favourite theory, that explains everything about the man called Jesus, is that he was a time-traveller. Think about it. Some mystical bloke, giving it all "that" with extra sass - I'd be pretty lairy if I'd just time-travelled. Healing the sick with modern and future medicine. And he's white. The first time-traveller (if the End of Days hasn't come like you're cheerily predicting) will probably be some white-bred American bloke, so he'll be well-versed in the Bible. It's a good theory, don't knock it. Expect to see the film. Soon. Starring Mark Wahlberg as Jesus. And William Shatner as God. Probably.

Well the message has been presented.

Edgy wrote:
> Right - so if we'll all find out then, why try to 'convert' us with
> your futile attempts?

I am just presenting a message. What you do with it is up to you.

Light wrote:
> Archangel, that did indeed answer my question; you are exactly the
> sort of Christian who'd encourage a family funday of book-burning,
> aren't you?

Nope. I'm not a fascist, as you might think. You can read whatever you want to. My children know my beliefs and respect them. (Yes, they still live at home.) We discuss which books are "appropriate" to read. I don't have them encased in just the Bible or the commentaries written on it. There are wonderful books out there for all to enjoy.
But I do not encourage them to read books on witchcraft and the occult. If they are assigned to read such in school, we talk to the teacher about them going against our beliefs and perhaps excusing them from reading such material. If they still have to read it, it's their assignment. I don't jump up and down and scream and shout, "UNFAIR! UNFAIR!" To the contrary. My boys and I sit down and discuss how the book goes against the Word of God. I ask them questions that they answer. I'm not going to condemn anyone for reading what they choose. I tell them to complete the assignment and get good grades on what you do.

Changing things to suit you once again Forest Fan.

Reason why I can't take you seriously?

It's not purely based on your beliefs. I can take others seriously about their religion in discussion, as certain members know.

You seem to lack consistency, answer only the questions you want to and don't even try the ones you don't.

You resort to quoting the bible and don't put any of you into your responses.

It's like reading a Biology text book. There's no essence, just, what you would call, facts.

Making answers, as in thinking what to put as an answer.. .....

There we are ladies and gents, a full confession.

Making answers, yep, I've been doing that.

Forest Fan wrote:
> Yes, answering questions, is what I've been doing.

No - you've been ignoring the questions and making up your own answers.

Yes, answering questions, is what I've been doing.

Forest Fan wrote:
> Have you seen how big the Good News is? How much debating is ahead of
> us?

Its anything but debating. Debating would involve you answering questions put towards you, without resorting to smoke and mirrors.