What was Jesus doing when he was between 12 and 30 years old? Where did he go?

Read the New Testament.

Originally posted by Balder1
Read the New Testament.

Just tell me.

Besides, the New Testament doesn't say much.

Originally posted by Balder1
Read the New Testament.

Where does The New Testament say anything about it?

I've looked for it.

Originally posted by one_raven
Where does The New Testament say anything about it?

I've looked for it.

the answer is probably: it is written between the lines in invisible ink, only readable by the right people.

Keep looking, its in there. ;)

I know he was in Nazareth for most of his life, and I think he worked as a carpenter.

When Jesus turned 16 he worked at his local McDonald's until he was 23,
Book of Hamburglar 12:2
And when Jesus was promoted to cashier, in the kingdom of the Golden Arches, he asked of Mary Magdelan who stood in front of Him, "Do ye want fries with thy order?"

When Jesus turned 24 he sought employment at a hemp shop where he let his hair and beard grow and began to wear Birkenstocks. He would spend much of the work hours in the stock room smoking the supplies and he did this habitually until he was 30.
Book of Kannabis 14:23
And the shop owner says to his son about his employee in the back, "I saw him toking, smoking, laying around, thinking something so obvious profound."

At age 30, Jesus was delusional and suffered from hallucinations of a holy kind,
John 10:36
"do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'."

Originally posted by Balder1
Keep looking, its in there. ;)

I know he was in Nazareth for most of his life, and I think he worked as a carpenter.

Cate to cite chapter and verse?

Just look through the beginning of Matthew and Luke.

Luke 2:40 - 3:22
Covers pre-teen to age 30

Luke 2:40 - 3:22
Covers pre-teen to age 30

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For someone with the name "Darwin Disciple"
you seem to know scripture pretty well....

Of couse reading the letter of the word, and understanding what was meant by those words are two different things.

I have studied World and Western Religion and Christian Theology. I am a professor of psychology and philosophy so understanding theology is key in understanding the human mind of the western world.

Often atheists are better versed than Christians.

The more you read, the dumber it sounds.

Originally posted by Darwin Disciple
I have studied World and Western Religion and Christian Theology. I am a professor of psychology and philosophy so understanding theology is key in understanding the human mind of the western world.

how do you study the atheist mind if I may ask?????

Originally posted by Darwin Disciple
Luke 2:40 - 3:22
Covers pre-teen to age 30

I have read that before.

He is 12.
Then he is 30.

2:42-

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

3:23-

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

What is in those scriptures that would lead you to believe that Luke 2:40 - 3:22 covers any more than his 12th year?

Well, what did you do between the age of twelve and thirty? Why write scipture about the mundane?
That's what a good editors do..

Originally posted by Johnny Bravo
Well, what did you do between the age of twelve and thirty? Why write scipture about the mundane?
That's what a good editors do..

in physics they say that you do your best work before 30...

religion must be different then,.

Originally posted by Johnny Bravo
Well, what did you do between the age of twelve and thirty? Why write scipture about the mundane?
That's what a good editors do..

Those 18 years are the most eventful years in MOST people's lives.

Mundane?

He was a pretty typical Jewish kid at age 12 and deemed the savior of all mankind and the son of God when he was 30.

I would say that those 18 years weren't quite so mundane.
They were eventful enough to shape and form him into the teacher and messiah.

Besides...
Editors?
What editors?
I though the Bible was the absolute and infallible word of God himself spoken through the prophets.
They took it upon themselves to EDIT it?
"What esle did they edit?", I wonder.

maybe he went through a gay phase between 12 and 30...

Originally posted by Balder1
I know he was in Nazareth for most of his life, and I think he worked as a carpenter.
You know nothing of the kind. :D

Your "Narareth" is little more than another bungled effort at embellishment on the part of the author of Matthew. As one_raven suggested, either cite some substantiating reference or acknowledge that you're wedded to an unsubstantiated position.

He was in India, didn't you know? Listening to gurus and smoking ganja.

Originally posted by Darwin Disciple
When Jesus turned 16 he worked at his local McDonald's until he was 23,
Book of Hamburglar 12:2
And when Jesus was promoted to cashier, in the kingdom of the Golden Arches, he asked of Mary Magdelan who stood in front of Him, "Do ye want fries with thy order?"

When Jesus turned 24 he sought employment at a hemp shop where he let his hair and beard grow and began to wear Birkenstocks. He would spend much of the work hours in the stock room smoking the supplies and he did this habitually until he was 30.
Book of Kannabis 14:23
And the shop owner says to his son about his employee in the back, "I saw him toking, smoking, laying around, thinking something so obvious profound."

At age 30, Jesus was delusional and suffered from hallucinations of a holy kind,
John 10:36
"do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'."

Hehe. Funny stuff :D

The custom of the time was for you to take up your father's trade. Since Joseph was a carpenter, he obviously learned carpentry. The last two years of his life were his ministry, much like a Mormon mission. The rest of the time he was most likely working in Joseph's shop, doing things that many people that age do, and probably did a lot of religious stuff(like he did in the temple when he was twelve) too. You do have to wonder if he said or did anything profound during that time, but the Bible's been too corrupted by time to know if anyone wrote about it.

Drugs until thirty, taking up your father's trade... sounds like Dubya.

Originally posted by spuriousmonkey
maybe he went through a gay phase between 12 and 30...
funny you should mention that,see this
www.geocities.com/inquisitive79/
click on Jesus
;)

I've heard of a book about the lost years of Jesus. I'm not saying I believe this, for I doubt anything I haven't perceived myself, but the book says Jesus had many travels, and eventually he ended up studying with some Buddhist monks. They say that's where he practiced concentration among other things. The old time buddhists were said to be so skilled in concentration they could walk on water, or create fire with their mind.

Maybe?

:m:

Originally posted by Bebelina
He was in India, didn't you know? Listening to gurus and smoking ganja.

r u sure..! ganja smoking gurus or ganja smoking local cult hippies..? Jesus was unlikely to be in such company.. they don't call ganja addicts as gurus. guru means teacher/master. :)

Pondering the fate of his schmuck!

Originally posted by spuriousmonkey
how do you study the atheist mind if I may ask?????

Why didn't Darwin Desciple answer this?