The following text comes from Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 3.59.3.:
“He was continent, enduring all things. Jesus digested divinity; he ate and drank in a special way, without excreting his solids. He had such a great capacity for continence that the nourishment within him was not corrupted, for he did not experience corruption.”
attributed to Valentinus: Jesus’ Digestive System: Epistle to Agathapous, writtern before 216 CE.
As Schaff-Herzog (via Wikipedia) points out, this is Docetism or awfully close to it (the belief that Christ’s human body was an illusion), and was part of the reason why the Church pulled the plug on Clement’s sainthood in the 17th century.
I’m no theologian, but it looks to me like it’s prima facie heresy to deny that Jesus farted. Back in the day, I used to charge fundamentalists with Arianism for remarks like this, but perhaps Docetism would have been more accurate.
It appears that Jesus’ holy shit is/was a matter of some controversy. I wonder if anyone got killed because of it. Current church ‘wisdom’ appears to be that there was indeed such a thing.
This perfection thing carried over into many areas. There were big problems for the people who first observed sunspots, for example. Dogma at the time held that the sun was part of the Heavens and could not be less than perfect. Likewise that the moon had mountains instead of being smooth.
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June 29th, 2007 at 5:38 am
The following text comes from Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 3.59.3.:
“He was continent, enduring all things. Jesus digested divinity; he ate and drank in a special way, without excreting his solids. He had such a great capacity for continence that the nourishment within him was not corrupted, for he did not experience corruption.”
attributed to Valentinus: Jesus’ Digestive System: Epistle to Agathapous, writtern before 216 CE.
JC has come a long way… now free to let ‘em rip…
June 29th, 2007 at 6:31 am
As Schaff-Herzog (via Wikipedia) points out, this is Docetism or awfully close to it (the belief that Christ’s human body was an illusion), and was part of the reason why the Church pulled the plug on Clement’s sainthood in the 17th century.
I’m no theologian, but it looks to me like it’s prima facie heresy to deny that Jesus farted. Back in the day, I used to charge fundamentalists with Arianism for remarks like this, but perhaps Docetism would have been more accurate.
June 29th, 2007 at 6:40 am
i guess mo did it then.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Jesus didn’t fart?
That stuff was jokingly said when a stunningly beautiful woman is encountered here.
“omg she doesn’t take a dump, I dont believe this shit.”
June 29th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
So, there’s no such thing as “holy shit?”
July 1st, 2007 at 1:21 pm
It appears that Jesus’ holy shit is/was a matter of some controversy. I wonder if anyone got killed because of it. Current church ‘wisdom’ appears to be that there was indeed such a thing.
This perfection thing carried over into many areas. There were big problems for the people who first observed sunspots, for example. Dogma at the time held that the sun was part of the Heavens and could not be less than perfect. Likewise that the moon had mountains instead of being smooth.
July 2nd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Ah… a common musing in any religious discussion: “I wonder if anyone got killed because of it.”
September 20th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
This is the funniest comic I have ever seen in my life!! Thank you so much for posting your wildly creative comics.