Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jun 13, 2017 20:59:54 GMT
I disagree with the notion that romance is a necessary component of humanity.
However, don't conflate things.
I never said that Jesus life was not dependent on love or relationships which is not the same thing as dating or marriage or sex.
However, I have no doubt that Jesus had the self control to keep it in his robe for 3 years since people do it all the time and especially when there is no evidence to support relationships routinely occurring prior to a marriage arrangement during that time.
Three years?
? How does the length of his ministry mean anything, in fact if anything by using the length of his ministry as an example you are implying that before his ministry started he was free to engage in whatever he pleased.I suited romance because that was the thread topic. However, I do confess that my answers are largely based on guesses of what the heck the vagaries of the conversation are. Are you saying that Jesus needs to boink? Are you saying he needs to go to the prom? Are you saying that he was shacking up with someone? What exactly is your point since I made my point abundantly clear but will repeat again.
If I don't think romance is a necessary component, then certainly the subset of sex wouldn't be either.
The reason I mentioned the 3 years is because this was the time period Scriptures concerns itself with overall and everyone is largely being vague about what they mean regarding romance & Jesus. If you are wanting to discuss his teenage years then inform me of the dating aspects of 1st Century Nazareth.
Since I am making the argument that romance was not a significant thing for society in general at the time until marriage age, & Jesus was not married or engaged, then there's no reason to force this concept on him..
I think people, not necessarily you since I don't know what you're getting at now, are making the mistake of thinking that just because Jesus was a man, his life is interchangeable with any man which is silly.
I'm not sure why you think that any man needs to have sex at any time in his life much less specifically tying the mythical necessity to Jesus who most would agree was distinctly different from