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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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tilthat T1,1_ there is no physical description of Jesus in the Bible. 
volcel-official False Luke 2:52 He's larger than a baby 
amateuropinions By the description of him driving the moneylenders from the temple, we can also tell that he fit inside the temple, which gives us an upper bound as well as a lower bound on his size. 
F7:1 veraxplus Ysf. It's been said that Jesus Christ was larger than a baby but smaller than a temple
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Gladaed feddit.org Gladaed@feddit.org
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The least narrow sandwich in human history.

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hemko lemmy.dbzer0.com hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

Unless they had stronger donkeys back then.

Could have been a lot of selective breeding for decreased stubbornness sacrificing load capacity as a tradeoff during the last two thousand years.

They could theoretically have been capable of hauling 500lb behemoths without breaking a sweat
but unwilling to follow any comnands 🤷🏻

Btw grown ass donkey 😁

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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
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Unless they had stronger donkeys back then. Could have been a lot of selective breeding for decreased stubbornness sacrificing load capacity as a tradeoff during the last two thousand years. They could theoretically have been capable of hauling 500lb behemoths without breaking a sweat but unwilling to follow any comnands 🤷🏻 Btw grown ass donkey 😁

The mastodonkey

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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
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According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

He could walk on water, does that give a lower limit on mass?

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Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance:

14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

He has white hair. ✅

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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
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He fit on a cross. I assume those were fairly standard in size. The Roman’s seemed like real schticklers for detail and order. I can’t see them going to Barney’s Discount Cross Emporium to save a few drachma.

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hemko lemmy.dbzer0.com hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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He could walk on water, does that give a lower limit on mass?

No that was magic. He also applied the water walking buff on one of his friends, who then right-clicked the buff off and found out he can't swim

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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
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No that was magic. He also applied the water walking buff on one of his friends, who then right-clicked the buff off and found out he can't swim

Well then, how can we be sure he didn’t just cast the donkey riding spell?

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hemko lemmy.dbzer0.com hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Well then, how can we be sure he didn’t just cast the donkey riding spell?

I checked the shaman's spellbook and they don't have that spell, only Paladins have that

Edit: to clarify, I believe Jesus was a shaman because he could walk on water, resurrect from death (ankh), and as a carpenter he was probably well capable of crafting totems. There's also documented cases of him going melee combat (with tables, mostly) and healing others too

The food trick implies that he had a friendly mage though conjuring food, though he took the credit for himself

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davidgro lemmy.world davidgro@lemmy.world
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Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

And a sharp tongue, which isn't usually a physical description.

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simbico lemmy.zip simbico@lemmy.zip
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Raptor Jesus

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WIZARD POPE💫 lemmy.world Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world
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And a sharp tongue, which isn't usually a physical description.

Maybe he used it for cutting his veggies. We will never know

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Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

That's just his SSJ form though

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Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

nothing in there about clothes, hmmmmm

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I checked the shaman's spellbook and they don't have that spell, only Paladins have that Edit: to clarify, I believe Jesus was a shaman because he could walk on water, resurrect from death (ankh), and as a carpenter he was probably well capable of crafting totems. There's also documented cases of him going melee combat (with tables, mostly) and healing others too The food trick implies that he ...

jesus is famously a warlock, what with the getting his power from a patron deity thing.

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Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

a lot of this description is fire related, maybe they just caught Jesus at a bad time?

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This reminds me of my book analyses. Grasping at straws just to say something abozt characters.

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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The mastodonkey

Something from the Avatar beastary.

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

You didn’t have to say “grown ass donkey” you could have just said “grown ass.”

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Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

Did he yell kamehameha?

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
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I'm over here trying to imagine the possibility that Jesus didn't have a beard.

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TAG lemmy.world TAG@lemmy.world
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You didn’t have to say “grown ass donkey” you could have just said “grown ass.”

I think that the person you are replying to meant that the donkey had a fully developed rear end (capable of carrying a heavy load), so it would be a "grown ass ass".

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VicksVaporBBQrub sh.itjust.works VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works
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He could walk on water, does that give a lower limit on mass?

We can begin to extrapolate further. Broke bread, walked on water, ascended.
Christ was a duck.

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Jacob_Mandarin lemmy.world Jacob_Mandarin@lemmy.world
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That's just his SSJ form though

Hmmm. Depending on how you see it he did get stroger after a near death experience. So that checks out.

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You didn’t have to say “grown ass donkey” you could have just said “grown ass.”

Grown ass-donkey

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot lemmy.world WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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I checked the shaman's spellbook and they don't have that spell, only Paladins have that Edit: to clarify, I believe Jesus was a shaman because he could walk on water, resurrect from death (ankh), and as a carpenter he was probably well capable of crafting totems. There's also documented cases of him going melee combat (with tables, mostly) and healing others too The food trick implies that he ...

It's a bard spell.

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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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Said he was white though right? Right?

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The mastodonkey

I think you'll find the correct term is asstodon

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jesus is famously a warlock, what with the getting his power from a patron deity thing.

But then he was also descended from said deity, so celestial-bloodline sorcerer would also make sense?

And through weird extradimensional time shenanigans he is also said deity? I don't understand it myself, but I'm told it makes sense in 12 dimensions.

He was also briefly undead, likely a revenant given the unfinished business.

All of this depends on the edition of the lore you read though. In the beginning he was probably just a warlock multiclassing in cleric, then a supplemental edition has him ascend to demi-god status, which was later ruled actual divinity by a local authority once the franchise changed hands. Later, some of it was retconned and toned down for being too OP in another rulebook, but famously that rulebook wasn't very well accepted even though a sizeable playerbase still exists.

There are later editions where the pathway to divinity is laid out and Jesus is one of many gods, but that rulebook is still considered niche despite some disproportionate influence.

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But then he was also descended from said deity, so celestial-bloodline sorcerer would also make sense? And through weird extradimensional time shenanigans he is also said deity? I don't understand it myself, but I'm told it makes sense in 12 dimensions. He was also briefly undead, likely a revenant given the unfinished business. All of this depends on the edition of the lore you read though. In...

so you're saying lich

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Test_Tickles lemmy.world Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
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This reminds me of my book analyses. Grasping at straws just to say something abozt characters.

"Abozt". One little letter change and all of a sudden the entire sentence can only be read with a cheesy German accent.

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He could walk on water, does that give a lower limit on mass?

I'd say an upper limit on his density, if anything.

Ha or maybe he was as light as a water strider.

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Test_Tickles lemmy.world Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
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And a sharp tongue, which isn't usually a physical description.

Complicated way to say he was a little bitch who would talk shit.

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decolo piefed.social decolo@piefed.social
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nothing in there about clothes, hmmmmm

Big Jeezy hangs dong, brother

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fibojoly sh.itjust.works fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
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I'm over here trying to imagine the possibility that Jesus didn't have a beard.

Well, Mary Magdalene washed his feet, so we know he had a pair of them. But she didn't trim his beard, or shave him so that stays undetermined, yeah.

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fibojoly sh.itjust.works fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
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"Abozt". One little letter change and all of a sudden the entire sentence can only be read with a cheesy German accent.

A single iota of difference...

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We can begin to extrapolate further. Broke bread, walked on water, ascended. Christ was a duck.

Presumably hollow limbs that he could fit fish and bread into, and at least some kind of capillary network infused with some form of alcohol

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I think we can be pretty sure that he was no T-Rex though. I've never seen someone try, but I'm confident that you can't crucify them with their short arms.

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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Grown ass-donkey

The XKCD hyphen bot is one thing I absolutely do not miss about Reddit.

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fibojoly sh.itjust.works fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
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Also we know he fit at a dinner table, right?

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Also we know he fit at a dinner table, right?

Depends on the size of the table, I guess 🤷🏻

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Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

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Well, Mary Magdalene washed his feet, so we know he had a pair of them. But she didn't trim his beard, or shave him so that stays undetermined, yeah.

he had a pair of them

You mean at least two of them. All we know for sure is more than one.

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Unless they had stronger donkeys back then. Could have been a lot of selective breeding for decreased stubbornness sacrificing load capacity as a tradeoff during the last two thousand years. They could theoretically have been capable of hauling 500lb behemoths without breaking a sweat but unwilling to follow any comnands 🤷🏻 Btw grown ass donkey 😁

The donkeys were smaller in that period

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According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

In the book of Matthew, it says he rode two donkeys.

Matthew and Luke copy a lot of stuff from Mark, which was written first. The donkey story is there to fulfill prophesy. It was prophesied that the messiah would ride a donkey into Jerusalem. It also said he would be a king and vanquish their enemies and rule in peace and prosperity, but the New Testament authors figured riding a donkey was close enough.

So Matthew geta to the donkey story and reads the original prophesy. It says "Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

This is a poetic way of writing about a single donkey, like saying "he drove a car, he drove a red car."

But Matthew, frankly, fucked up a lot of stuff that he wrote, and he doesn't know this, so he changes everything to plural to fit the prophesy.

So everybody else writes that Jesus had his disciples bring a donkey and they lay their cloaks on it and he sits on it and rides to town. Matthew has them bring two, they lay their cloaks on them and he sits on them and rides to town.

It's unclear how he rode two donkeys. Was one donkey on top of the other and Jesus on top of that? Was it jean Claude van-damme style with him doing the splits between them?

At any rate, if the donkeys spread the load he could have weighed 160kg.

By the way, these donkeys are stolen. Jesus tells his disciples that there was a house back there that had a donkey (or two), go get it (them) for me.

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Depends on the size of the table, I guess 🤷🏻

Fair, but given he was poor we must assume it's a typical size table for seder of the time and place

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djdarren piefed.social djdarren@piefed.social
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The XKCD hyphen bot is one thing I absolutely do not miss about Reddit.

Sorry.

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According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

I'd let Jesus ride my ass

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Fair, but given he was poor we must assume it's a typical size table for seder of the time and place

Except his dad was a carpenter, so he probably had some excess lumber hookups for building oversized furniture..

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