why is it that jesus was this huge icon but now adays...?
553047
Just logic. Science has answered so many things about the world that religion hasn't been able to.\n\nThere is no need for religion or "Jesuses" anymore.
474312
Oh, Dude! I thought I was the only one who saw the irony in the cross as a symbol of faith! I'd rather focus on Jesus with the lambs and children than a reminder of when Jesus was cruelly maimed. For an example, I like Stevie Ray, but I would never wear a mangled-up helicopter charm to honor his memory.....
557774
Excellent question, for those who hold that Jesus preached in hell, moreover how can Jesus be so much more loving than the God of the Old Testament when he is going to damn most of mankind to eternal punishment for not liking him and that was never the case before? If that's love....
616233
Jesus was born of a virgin and was the only begotten Son of God. This sets him apart from every other of God's intelligent creation. We don't know exactly what the embryo inside Mary was physiologically or genetically composed of, but we do know she was conceived of the Holy Spirit, not a human sperm. We also know that Jesus Christ became flesh, and was the ONLY begotten Son of God. So, we know that he is very unique and like no other. In other words, he was not an average human being. \n\nWe are told in the prophecies of Isaiah that he had no descendents. (Isaiah 53:8) We also know that he came to seek and to save that which was lost. We know that he was anointed by God to be the Savior of the world. This was clearly his purpose. He was the spotless Lamb of God, destined to become so before the foundation of the world.\n\nHe is called a "brother" to all believers in Christ. He is the head of the whole church (body of believers). His bride will be the entire church.\n\nAttempts made to make him anything other than born of a virgin, the only begotten Son of God, and Savior of the world are for the sole purpose of making him seem carnal, average, and not particularly anymore special than anyone else. This is the whole point of the Da Vinci code...to tear down the now risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is exalted above the angels and sits on the right hand of God and make him one of me or you.\n\nAverage Joe?...Absolutely NOT!\n\nOne day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is indeed Lord, to the praise and glory of the Father
570869
Because the church has taken away all of his human characterisics and focused on his spiritual side.\nThinking Jesus was "just another human" would make him seem to be more of a prophet than a saviour, as most other religions describe him.\nIt's kind of like why you never see film stars going to the toilet - because if you did, you wouldn't worship them any more.
797365
Perhaps because he didn't exist.  The stuff attributed to him was written decades after he supposedly died.\n\nPerhaps what he taught wasn't that interesting or he was illiterate.  Apparently, it took decades after he died before anybody (i.e. Paul/Saul) "remembered" his teachings.  And then decades after that some other people (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John or other people) "remembered" more of his teachings and weird details of his early years.
1049104
Jesus Keeps turning up throughout history my favourite is the black Zulu Jesus that had disciples and virgin Mary in the 19th Century. Of course there are Jesus's in every mental asylum that metamorphesize into Napoleon every midsummer's day. There is an old story that Jesus married Mary Magdalen moved to France and sired a royal dynasty. Jesus Gonzalez became the biggest coke dealer in Mexico. A bunch of Hippies at Findhorn in Scotland claimed that Jesus taught them how to grow giant vegetables.  Jesus is also supposed to have appeared in numerous battles including when the Crusaders sacked Jerusalem, he joined in killing lots of Muslims. Of course every televangelist has had a personal experience of Jesus and thinks you should pay him to tell you about it (does Jesus Get a cut?).\nRonald Reagan used to have personal conversations with Jesus and his astrologer in the White House rose garden. Some highlander in New Guinea believe Jesus brought them the Yam and they worship him and the Duke of Edinburgh. Of Course Jesus is most famous for the invention of disinformation. He of course inspired the Inquisition, burning of heretics and genocide of numerous native none believers. I think I will make an animation of Jesus he is such a great comic character more potential then Bugs Bunny
1093254
he has a big ego and needs it filled. which also explains why Christians want to convert everyone
181178
You are right, the Bible doesn't say much about his childhood or early adult life.  Chances are his life during that stage was pretty ordinary and didn't make for good story telling.  The bigger picture of Jesus outside of teh Biblical description is referred to as the "Historical Jesus".  These descriptions may not always set well with Christians.  But there are plenty of historians have pieced together facts from multiples sources that paint a much broader picture of who Jesus really was.
687084
Well apart from being Jesus' love, Mary was a disciple and she was one of the inner circle. She was extremely intelligent, and many considered this unusual and didn't like her for it. I think much injustice has been done to her. The Catholic church has admitted that calling her a prostitute was an error (bible doesn't say this either), and now she's a saint. But she must be more than a saint and time will set things straight.
710720
Dude, you've been smoking too many Dan Brown books. \n\n\nI've heard all kinds of crazy theories about Jesus but that doesn't mean they're true. Where's the documentation? Where's the historical proof? Where's the corroboration from witnesses? That's the problem with too many people: They hear something totally out in left field and believe it without any sort of evidence or even despite evidence to the contrary.
407377
i am agnostic... i beleive the bible is a compilation of myth and legend. kind of like a really good tall tale. i have been known to compare jesus to paul bunyun... yeah their was a big axe wielding lumberer named paul bunyun but did he really have a blue ox... hell no.. sure jesus was a good dude, but did he really do any miracles... i kinda doubt it.
673515
Back in the 60s, that was one way in which I liked to think of Jesus. It made a lot of sense at the time. With the accounts of the early Biblical Christians living communally and giving their goods to the poor, it seemed as if they (and by extension, Jesus) had a lot in common with the more idealistic hippies of the 1960s.
56282
It actually goes from Mark 16:9-20.  I'm not exactly sure why these were elimated.  But it's possible, and this is just speculation, that it was removed because this was him going to see Mary Magdalene.  It even says that she was the first person he had seen since rising.  He tells her to go and preach the Word, heal the sick.  Basically do everything that he told the other apostles to do.  It's possible that this is removed to support the belief that women can't be priests or any position of power.
251552
Jesus was a human being.  His divinity was bestowed upon him by the Catholic Church about 400 years after he died.
1082970
Why did you add Jesus to the end? Curious.
904239
I am very surprised that this had no replies before me!\nI probably am not the best person to answer as Im not particularly religious.  I was brought up attending church but to me Jesus is pretty much just a fictional character in a very old book ( that probably wasnt translated very accurately anyway!)...;