Walking on Water - true or symbolic?I often wonder why the gospels say Jesus performed the miracles he did. Why on earth did he decide to walk on water. It seems to be such a strange thing to do. Is it really just that he had literally missed the boat? I am not any sort of biblical... See More » (+1)
Why did Jesus curse a fig tree?I’m no biblical scholar, I’m just taking a new look at things in the Gospels that I never understood as a child. I do believe that Jesus was a real person, but see no reason to believe in most Christian doctrine. Research for this and some... See More »
Discussion of The BeatitudesYou are always taught the beatitudes from the sermon on the mount as children. You envisage Jesus standing there on what… a little mound or a rock or something so that everyone can see him telling the crowd what they have to do to see the kingdom... See More »
Apocryphal GospelsThere are of course lots of non-canonical gospels. Some suppressed because they were regarded s heretical and some ignored because they were obviously unreliable. I rather like the Infancy Gospel of Thomas supposedly written by Thomas the... See More » (+1)
Discussion of the Pericope AdulteraeOf the many events associated with the story of Jesus that of the woman taken in adultery, also known as the Pericope Adulterae, stands out as a quintessential example of his teaching. The Pharisees bring a woman caught in adultery, citing the... See More »
A discussion of the wedding at CanaI always thought the Wedding at Cana a very odd miracle. The story of Jesus’ first miracle appears only in the Gospel of John and is apparently unknown to Mark, who was very keen on miracles. It recounts Jesus attending a wedding in Cana of... See More »
