Jesus, a descendant of David??? Inconsistencies in the Bible?  

LaWise520 I have to disagree with you alittle. In the hebrew tradition (jewish) you are hebrew by your Mother, not father. Your birthright is passed down to you by your father but being a jew is given to you by your mother. You are not considered a jew if your mother is not a jew. The problem came about when the text were changed by the Church of Rome to hide the importance of Women. The second account of the liniage of Jesus is actuly though Mary not Joseph. It was changed by the Church to downplay the importance of women. that is why it gives different names and a different son of Solomon. So it was this line from wich Jesus came, not through Joseph becouse you will also read that the son of Solomon thatt Joseph came from was a dissinherited line, but not Mary's. But I did like your answer

Thanks for this well-informed comment. So many people have religious misconceptions because they have believed whatever is taught, whether it is correct or not, instead of going to the source, The Holy Bible, for answers. Some also choose to read contradictions into His Word by taking scripture out of context.

That sounds pretty plausible, but it is the same Jewsih teaching that puts emphasis on lineage being traced through the man, the father. There are several passages in the Bible that illustrate this, apart from that of Jesus that links him to David through, ironically, Joseph the carpenter of Mary's husband!

The Gospel of Luke provides Jesus’ blood lineage through Mary.

Thanks for the blessings. But do you mean Jesus should not be literary taken as a decendant of David, as an outcast?

I meant that everything in the Bible is not to be taken literally. The teachings of Jesus are fine.

Read the 1st chapter of the Gospel according to St Matthew.

So she could have been (or indeed was) related to Joseph by blood?
The bible clearly states the blood relationship between David and Joseph.
Perhaps you could show us where it relates Mary toDavid. That would be helpful and quite resourceful!
Thanks for your response.

follow this link it will explain better than me.
http://www.carm.org/diff/2geneologies.htm

Thanks for the contribution.

I do agree with you to the extent that a good number of tales in the Bible were "borrowed" from other peoples and cultures that interacted with the Jews and were modified to suit the needs and desires and hankering of the Jews.
To this day, there are a lot of rituals that have been popularised that were not orignally Christian, but have roots in pagan rites and customs!

I have a good one on how to explain the virgin birth. Female ejaculation contains semen, I think women were around long before man came along. Women could fertalize themselves, the process just took longer. Men have nipples and the thingy down below is just an enlarged clitoris. Mary was a fluke of nature, a remmnent of woman's ancient biological system. The Jesus idea of him being the first and the last lines up with this, once a long time ago there had to be a first man born this way, and the last time it happened was with this story. So if a man is born in a female dominated society, of course he will be seen as God like. He was the only man so they worshiped and catered to him. Unfortunately, it was all a mistake to treat him this way, but considering their mindset, he probably was something different and out of this world.

I think I provide a rational explanation and Jesus wasn't really the son of God, just an unexplainable mystery that science can explain today with female ejaculation. Also, female ejaculation is considered a phenomenea, all women should be able to do this but for some reason or another, they don't do it anymore. I do it.

Is it true, do men really have one more rib than women? The proof of evolution need not go any further than our own biology, we won't find it in any fossil. So if God made Eve from Adams rib, how come man has one more if one was taken away (assuming the myth is true)? That's subtraction, not addition. That bible God must think his own believers can't count and probably why he didn't want Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge...

Oraclemv:

Thank you for the response but a female ejaculation does not contain semen. I have known several females that ejaculate and I agree that all women should experience this because these women seem to derive more pleasure than others; I have known several of them.

Our bodies descend from one celled organism which reproduced by splitting and where there was one there became two. Fertilization of an egg happened much later but I doubt very much if a woman can produce sperm. I think a woman or even a couple trying to explain away an unwanted pregnancy is closer to the truth but you have read many of my refutations and know that the Jesus tale is one which was written long after the alleged fact.

Women and men have the same number of ribs, but you are correct in the development of the male sexual organ, it is extremely primitive compared to a woman. The ancient Greeks and others were aware of the fact that a woman was capable of far greater sexual pleasures than the male.

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I congratulate you, Gnosisquest, for your explanation. It is quite comprehensive and makes some sense.
I finde it interesting when the first chapter of St Matthew clearly outlines the lineage. It all goes down to Joseph and not Mary. That is where the absurdity is found.

For Oraclemv:

The female ejaculation may contain semen but it does not contain sperms which are required for fertilisation!

Interesting observation, but, you know, the Bible was written by very intelligent chaps such that any one can come up with anything and justify it.
I believe that the bible was written to be an authority with which free will and knowledge would be curtailed inorder to contain a seemingly dissent peoples. And it did work then and works to this day. You find that a rational being will throw away their power to reason and IQ and channel their thoughts inthe mould that they are required or commaned to flow their thought!

How do you know that you are heaen bound? And where is heaven?
Well, I wish to respect your belief and faith. It is quite interesting that you can be so confident of what you subscribe to, actually it justifies why you do.
However, interstingly, where do you think your great great grandfather went to? Heaven or "everlasting fire"?

Well Jesus was a descendeant of David. I dont think there is any inconsistency in the bible. God cant allow the bible to have any mistakes or inconsistency. There a lot of things in the bible which is not clearly explained for most people to understand. But the bible is God's Word. And by faith i believe the bible is without any mistakes.