The question presupposes that the biblical narrative and the quotations attributed to Jesus were all accurate, translated properly, and were not intended as metaphor/allegory.
And by metaphor/allegory I mean, for example, plenty of modern gurus or philosophers will say that we are children of the universe, children of God, and so forth. Doesn't exactly mean that they believed that the universe made sweet sweet love to their mothers or something.
But hey, mental illness isn't impossible, many mystics from various societies around the world are clinically insane from one point of view or another.
More likely he had temporal lobe epilepsy, which can cause feelings of hyperreligiosity, delusions of grandeur such is I'm the son of God, and so forth.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran explored the neural basis of the hyperreligiosity seen in TLE using galvanic skin response (which correlates with emotional arousal) to determine whether the hyperreligiosity seen in TLE was due to an overall heightened emotional state or was specific to religious stimuli (Ramachandran and Blakeslee, 1998). By presenting subjects with neutral, sexually arousing and religious words while measuring GSR, Ramachandran was able to show that patients with TLE showed enhanced emotional responses to the religious words, diminished responses to the sexually charged words, and normal responses to the neutral words. These results suggest that the medial temporal lobe is specifically involved in generating some of the emotional reactions associated with religious words, images and symbols.
Rev 19:11 ¶ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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The question presupposes that the biblical narrative and the quotations attributed to Jesus were all accurate, translated properly, and were not intended as metaphor/allegory.
And by metaphor/allegory I mean, for example, plenty of modern gurus or philosophers will say that we are children of the universe, children of God, and so forth. Doesn't exactly mean that they believed that the universe made sweet sweet love to their mothers or something.
But hey, mental illness isn't impossible, many mystics from various societies around the world are clinically insane from one point of view or another.
More likely he had temporal lobe epilepsy, which can cause feelings of hyperreligiosity, delusions of grandeur such is I'm the son of God, and so forth.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran explored the neural basis of the hyperreligiosity seen in TLE using galvanic skin response (which correlates with emotional arousal) to determine whether the hyperreligiosity seen in TLE was due to an overall heightened emotional state or was specific to religious stimuli (Ramachandran and Blakeslee, 1998). By presenting subjects with neutral, sexually arousing and religious words while measuring GSR, Ramachandran was able to show that patients with TLE showed enhanced emotional responses to the religious words, diminished responses to the sexually charged words, and normal responses to the neutral words. These results suggest that the medial temporal lobe is specifically involved in generating some of the emotional reactions associated with religious words, images and symbols.
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Rev 19:11 ¶ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
No evidence for Jesus, but the stories of him describe a delusional character.
Unlikely. Don't take the stories people told about him decades later seriously.
Not in this universe.
40 days out in the desert, oh Lordy yes:)
No
No he was the son of God
i thought he was Jewish