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Post by Wayne Smith on Jan 11, 2021 8:53:41 GMT 10
Jesus 'injured' child in rage as 'lost gospel story exposed Christ's bad temper'In reading the ancient texts, the period between his childhood and reaching the age of 30 is explored. Perhaps the most striking story sees Jesus lash out in anger at the son of a man who previously rebuked Jesus for working on the Sabbath - #Jesus himself only a child at the time. The story claims #Jesus as having said to the man and his son: "You also should be like a tree without a root and not bear fruit." The child then withers in Jesus' presence. The child's parents then come and carry the withered child away bemoaning his lost youth, wondering what a child is that can curse somebody like this. Richard Dawkins commented on the overt significance of the texts, pointing specifically towards the story of Judas Iscariot. In the Gnostic Gospels, Judas is portrayed not as the arch-villain of the Jesus story, but as the person who fulfilled Jesus' wish to ask the authorities for crucifixion in exchange for money.
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