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[–]perplexedscientist 7 points8 points ago

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It would not matter how much evidence or how credible that evidence was. Christians would just deny it.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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If you can deny evolution and all other logic and reasoning, then anything is possible while on religion.

[–]bcpond 0 points1 point ago

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Imagine if Jesus returned and he was fabulous how they would react.

[–]perplexedscientist 0 points1 point ago

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They would deny he was Jesus reincarnated, and probably kill him. Seriously, not even Jesus returning as gay as a summer rainbow would change anything.

[–]bcpond 0 points1 point ago

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I'm sure Jesus is smart enough to have like bakers dozen of bears to protect him from that kind of bullshit.

[–]Shainsworth 1 point2 points ago

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Well Jesus actually was gay... he was totally nailed by a bunch of dudes.

(I use this joke way too much)

[–]ZaneBarrow 0 points1 point ago

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To answer your question...

Yes.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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WHAT JESUS WHAS NOT GAY. HE WAS STRAIGHT. He got so much po... no.. I guess he didn't. How the fuck does anyone know of jesus's sexual preference?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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He comes back tomorrow with his love Judas.

[–]IO5 0 points1 point ago

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They would still love Jesus and hate gays. Remember - Jesus was born as a Jew and fundies still hate Jews.

[–]newtonzero 0 points1 point ago

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Would Jesus be a Jew? I mean the difference between Judaism and Christianity is believing Jesus is the messiah. I mean he would believe that wouldn't he?

[–]arethnaar 0 points1 point ago

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Well... yes. Racially speaking, Mary was a Jew, so according to the Mishnah, the oldest definition used by Jews for self-identification, Judaism is decided by the mother.

If Mary was a Jew (which I believe she was), Jesus was a Jew.

And, if I had to guess, so was the Roman equivalent of a mail-man.

[–]newtonzero 0 points1 point ago

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Still this is a tricky situation. Essentially Christianity is just the knowledge and acceptance that Jesus is God. And I was going to site that he wouldn't be a Christian until he gained self awareness and the ability to draw conclusions but...if he would be God then...well he'd know before he was even born. Hmmm this is a better question than the Chicken/Egg question if not only because we actually have an answer to that question.

[–]rico_inferno 0 points1 point ago

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Their answer to that would be something along the lines of "But he wouldn't do that". Totally avoiding the question and going back to their seemingly perfect Jesus loving lives.

[–]prometheanbane 0 points1 point ago

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That would require that Jesus existed, which is doubtful. That's the nice thing about making up a person, you don't have to abide by facts.

[–]Firekracker 0 points1 point ago

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Elton John used to comment that in his opinion Jesus was gay, and he also says that he is always telling the truth THEREFORE IT MUST BE TRUE!

[–]perplexedscientist 0 points1 point ago

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[–]GoodMorningHello 0 points1 point ago

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Didn't work out all that well for Jews.