--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very possible. I've also read some commentaries that speculate that > the carpentry actually applied to Joseph, and was used by early writers > in order to give Jesus more of a down-to-earth aura, so to speak. Then > again, as all educated Jewish men of the time were required to also > learn a trade in order to later support a family, it's possible that > carpentry was what he learned, albeit at a higher level than most. > > Whatever, it is still not easy to imagine him actually pounding nails, > at least on a regular basis, and no evidence that I can recall from my > few readings of the Gospels that he ever did so. > > Sal
You're really uncomfortable with the notion of your local car-mechanic kicking your sad mood-making upper-class ass in the arena of spiritual endevour, aren't you..? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
