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Well...as the internet, or the-so-called the babylonic media has been foolishly haggling about the mystery of Jesus, his bloodline, his legacy, his glory, his Kingdom, his lordship, his majesty, his power, his might through the father, his name, and finally his reign. Who is Jesus?...John Chapter 1:1-20-down ward. Jesus is the son of God. He was the the son of a carpenter by name, Joseph, and Mary, the virgin. Since he was crucified, buried, and ascended to heavenly Kingdom, he did never return again, or born again by another virgin, and with the power of the holy spirit. He is not physically here on earth either, though the holy spirit is among us doing a very great job, to cast away devilish power, and replace it with it's pure power, it's what people might have mistakenly, and foolishly regard to be the messiah presence. The fact that, there are people nowadays who are irritating God, and try to awake God's wrath with their foolish minds, and words the speak out?. You want to see Jesus?...relax!...you will see him coming out of the cloud wrapped with glory, power, and dazzling light accompanied by billions of angels surrounding him. During that moment, every wicked man shall run away and hide from that terrifying being sitting on the throne. He won't touch the ground. I wonder if there could be any Jesus hiding in the desert, or among us here?...Where is he?...Please don't hesitate to rush to every city in the world with a joyful message of him, if you might have seen him accidentally here on earth. Do it!...Perhaps, we will listen to you. PLeae if you might have seen Jesus in the K-mart in New York, Pretoria, London, Sophia, Nairobi, Khartoum, Sana'a Sapporo, Ulan Bator, Moscow, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch,as the name of this city may be in favour of his name, he could be there indeed, anywhere you see Jesus, please go to the studio, and announce it. We will obey you, and listen to your new joyful message about the messiah among us.We all know very well, we the christians that, the devil is very well gifted in deceiving to the point that, if we don't be wise enough, he can even ruin the chosen ones, and won the war. Trust me!

5, of course...it's academic.

One of the greatest Prophets of God. Blessed with the bible(which st.paul horribly vandalised). He wasn't the founder of Christianity, st.paul was. He came to remind ppl of God. One of the greatest men to ever live.

Anyways, all the christians who believe he is God,why are u rating? this list is ABOUT the most influential MAN, HUMAN in the world. GOD is ABOVE ALL. GOD shulnt be included in this list.

Although many of the most successful religious cults call out their name for the Master Teacher, few of these cultists pay any real attention to the lessons of Yeshua, The Master Teacher.

UPDATE:

Jesus is getting a bad rap based on the behavior of cultists who murder in his name.

One Christian tries to put the blame on atheists:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html

Much more popular after his death, the story of him was much more popular than he ever was.

There's now a growing "rational Christianity" movement in which the adherents are tossing-out the mystical magical miracle stuff & just taking a look at what the bible says about the actual teachings of Jesus. I find this idea interesting, in that it's got some serious & very credible historical connections to the roll of Thomas Jefferson, the ideals & concepts envisioned in "Jeffersonian democracy" & the factual history of the importance of "Thomas Jefferson's Bible" in early American governmet.

I'm not sure that the evolution of "Atheistic Christianity" is going to be a positive thing, since anyone's teachings - removed from their historical contexts - are likely to become anachronisms eventually, still, borrowing heavily from the words of William Shakespeare, (someone else history can't actually prove existed!) it would be a nice start if Christians would "assume a virtue, (even) if they have it not".

I, myself, have assumed something quite opposite of a virtue in the last five-six years. The tenor & the tone of our personal, interpersonal & impersonal discussions have de-evolved into death threats & simple-minded black & white, falsely binary "you're either this - or that" assertions. We've all been hit by the fist of raw arrogant power steeped in the brew of ignorance & I too have thrown punches in return, I've screamed to get above the roar of the mob.

At my 100th post, I'll leave the debate to cooler heads & gentler dispositions, to those better equipped for the suffering of fools & the turning of cheeks. I do not wish to continue to mimmick that which I so despise. I'd rather be talking softly & teaching to those who's minds aren't crystalized by a lifetime of infected thinking. Let others rage against the machine. I've decided to let the little Lee Attwaters and aspiring Karl Roves live in their own excrement. I'm going to teach REAL history to young people.

The (in)famous deist and revolutionary, Thomas Paine, may not have avowed the divinity of Christ, but he venerated him all the same. According to The Age of Reason, Jesus was a "virtuous and amiable man" whose morality was of a "most benevolent kind." Paine even went so far as to claim that his philosophy "has not been exceeded by any." Why was Jesus great? It's because Jesus "preached most excellent morality and the equality of man" and "also against the corruptions and avarice of the Jewish priests"; indeed, it was the latter that "brought upon him the hatred and vengeance of the whole order of priesthood." (No doubt Paine would be saying much the same about Falwell, Robertson and his ilk!) Altogether, Jesus was a "virtuous reformer and revolutionist": he was inspiration for other humans who wanted to better their world. And this is high praise, indeed, for someone who championed the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the rights of man.

By far the most influential person in history. Billions of people follow his beliefs and dozens of wars have been fought over those beliefs.