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Post by hftwo on Oct 21, 2018 9:59:04 GMT
By looking at the example where Jesus gets angry does that mean that anger can stem not necessarily from the body/instinctual programming but from the real self/the spirit. Then it is not necessarily something "bad".
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath 3 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shrivelled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 Jesus said to the man with the shrivelled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.” 4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent. 5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
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Post by Immanuel on Oct 23, 2018 7:38:51 GMT
I am always critical towards translations of old religious writings, so I doubt he was angry but the original word is frustrated or annoyed, not emotional anger.
The phrase continues saying distressed by their stubborn hearts, and contextually it is suitable to assume Jesus is sighing with a deep breath and distressed by their stubborn hearts. I imagine myself that he shook his head and sighed in distress to then take the hand of the man to heal him. I do not find it suitable that Jesus is angry in the context.
Another way of seeing it is that Jesus is worried or wary and distressed at their stubborn hearts, stubborn in the way they are hateful. The next sentence says that they afterwards plotted to kill him, meaning this deeply angered the mob there and the logical reaction from Jesus would be to become upset because they show no empathy for the health of this man in the context, because it is the Sabbateh and they cared more for their imaginary religious rituals than the welfare of people.
That said, Jesus is part of another event when he turns over the tables because they have made the temple a "den of thieves" as he called it himself. The moral lesson of the scene is that they sell religious symbols inside there for real money and that is why he calls it a den of thieves. The religious authority does charge money for the worship of the average person. They did not make a market for general goods in there as typical interpreters may make it look like but they charged for religious items. He probably does not make an as emotional outburst as the typical interpretation claims.
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Post by Immanuel on Oct 23, 2018 7:40:59 GMT
Anger as an emotion comes from the body, it is an instinct and the typical nature of many animals. The mind or spirit can hold an opinion or be troubled by something, but the anger the body stands for as a reaction to the condition of the spirit.
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