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27 Feb 2014, 7:54 pm

ruveyn wrote:
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Both are male.


Prove to me that Jesus wasn't a woman. Or a hermaphrodite alien.


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Says who, Luke?



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27 Feb 2014, 7:54 pm

Jesus is supported financially by a troubled woman.

Gump is supported emotionally by a troubled woman.



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27 Feb 2014, 7:55 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Pobbles wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Both are male.


Prove to me that Jesus wasn't a woman. Or a hermaphrodite alien.


Circumcised on Jan 1


Also described as a male in every ancient text that mentions him.



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27 Feb 2014, 8:04 pm

ehymw wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Pobbles wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Both are male.


Prove to me that Jesus wasn't a woman. Or a hermaphrodite alien.


Circumcised on Jan 1


Also described as a male in every ancient text that mentions him.


It is a fact that every ancient text describes Jesus as male. None of them are proof of Jesus' sex or existence.

Not that I'm suggesting that Jesus was a woman.



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27 Feb 2014, 8:15 pm

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Jesus: My god, my god, why have you forsaken me?

Gump: Vacation's when you go somewhere... and you never come back (a reference to his father leaving)


Never thought of that.



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27 Feb 2014, 8:15 pm

At the end of the story a formerly troubled woman visits the grave of Jesus.

At the end of the story Gump visits the grave of a formerly troubled woman.



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27 Feb 2014, 8:25 pm

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At the end of the story a formerly troubled woman visits the grave of Jesus.

At the end of the story Gump visits the grave of a formerly troubled woman.


Now that's awesome. 8)



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27 Feb 2014, 8:47 pm

Might be a resurrection theme on both as well. Jesus escapes to heaven, ultimately foiling his abusers. Gump ends with a feather ascending to the sky. Possibly symbolizing Jenny's wish to "fly away" from her abusive father. But that's not a direct Gump to Jesus link.



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28 Feb 2014, 1:19 pm

Both were known for making aphorisms.

Well- one of them was known for making ONE aphorism- "life is like a box of chocolates..". The other for making many.