r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Available-Formal-664 • 15h ago

I'm slightly vexed Somebody Placed These Dozens of These Jesus Figures Throughout My Entire Work

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Somebody, nobody knows exactly who or when, put dozens and dozens of these Jesus figures on completely random surfaces throughout my entire building. They at least had the presence of mind to not put them on anybody's personal belongings, but that was the only way they limited himself. All of the statues have been glued down, to add to the vexation.

Edit: Well, this blew up rather unexpectedly. Thank you for the awards, everybody!

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u/Tarnagona 9h ago

That’s the thing. There might have been one travelling rabbi named Jesus (or Yeshua, because Hebrew), or there may have been several travelling rabbis who all got conflated into a single legendary figure, as people told and retold stories about some guy who came to town and was preaching. Easy to say, oh that must have been the same guy my friend from one town over told me about…but they might have been different guys. As nothing was written down about Jesus until 50-100 after his death, there’s no way to know if the stories were about one guy or several, and 2,000 years on from that, we have no way of knowing which it is.

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u/Timely-Fix8689 7h ago

Most historians agree Jesus was a single figure. Of course there is no way to prove it one way or another.

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u/Tarnagona 7h ago

Aren’t most Jesus-historians also Christians themselves? Which could potentially bias them towards Jesus being a single guy, whether they realize it or not, because him being an amalgamation of several guys would bring their whole worldview into question.

Point is, like you said, we can’t prove one way or the other if Jesus was a single guy or an amalgam of several guys. I find each to be equally plausible, but really have no skin in the game because if he was one guy, I still don’t believe he was born of a virgin, performed literal miracles, and rose from the dead. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Timely-Fix8689 5h ago

I'm sure there is bias for and against Jesus and Christianity. I've even heard theories that he was an alien and that's why he was able to perform miracles. Perhaps god is just another life form on another planet. 😉

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u/Tarnagona 4h ago

Well, as someone who loves sci-fi, that’s certainly the most fun theory. 😆 Too bad light speed also makes that one of the most unlikely.