# Is this story \[regarding meeting Jesus\] real? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437 "2016-04-17T03:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![protoboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/1 "2016-04-17T03:32:55Z")
[http://jesus-in-person.blogspot.com/](http://jesus-in-person.blogspot.com/) The details sound pretty convincing, like the nickel-sized wounds (consistent with what we know about the nails used in crucifixion!), but of course it is an extraordinary claim, even speaking as a Christian. Does the prose of the story sound honest to you? I can’t really judge. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/2 "2016-04-17T04:15:19Z")
What do you mean? Are you asking if I believe the person who related the story is telling the truth about the events – not his opinions of what happened, but the events? It could be, but I suspect even those are distorted somewhat by what he wants to believe happened. Did he actually meet Jesus? Then no, I don’t believe that. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/3 "2016-04-17T07:23:58Z")
> [@protoboard](#): > > [http://jesus-in-person.blogspot.com/](http://jesus-in-person.blogspot.com/) > > The details sound pretty convincing, like the nickel-sized wounds (consistent with what we know about the nails used in crucifixion!) Wow, that’s spooky! I mean, how could the writer have possibly known that? Anybody who doesn’t believe him probably just wants to wallow in sin. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/4 "2016-04-17T07:36:10Z")
Uh… whether you call him Jesus or Yeshua, his name is pretty easy to pronounce… ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/5 "2016-04-17T08:16:12Z")
Short hair, no beard, shirt and khakis — yep, the Son of Man is just a regular joe, just like you and me; no arrogant status claimed because of Daddy: just one of the guys like any other American, no better, no worse. Sounds kosher. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/6 "2016-04-17T11:55:33Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > Sounds kosher. Depends how they killed him. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/7 "2016-04-17T12:18:58Z")
So, Jesus is returned to earth, can heal the sick, feed the hungry–and he’s spending His miraculous energy **waving to commuters and bumming rides**? Fuckin slack-ass deity, man. HEY JESUS! THERE’S AN AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA! GET YOUR ASS OVER THERE! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/8 "2016-04-17T16:18:34Z")
> [@protoboard](#): > > Is this story real? Yes. That is a real story. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/9 "2016-04-17T16:21:18Z")
When some people can’t do anything of importance themselves they sometimes have to seek fame some other way, and this is one way to do it. The ultimate Celebrity Sighting that cannot be confirmed or denied by its very nature, with a ready made audience of gullible wannabelievers. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/10 "2016-04-17T16:27:27Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Anybody who doesn’t believe him probably just wants to wallow in sin. You make it sound like we never add chlorine, check the PH, or skim out the leaves that fall in with a net on a pole… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/11 "2016-04-17T16:36:07Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > > [@protoboard](#): > > > > Is this story real? > > Yes. That is a real story. No, it’s not true. There’s no way that Jesus is getting a ride from an SUV driver; he’d only ride in a Prius or other fuel-efficient vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/12 "2016-04-17T17:51:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > No, it’s not true. There’s no way that Jesus is getting a ride from an SUV driver; he’d only ride in a Prius or other fuel-efficient vehicle. Wow, that’s so incredibly wrong, don’t they teach any theology these days? Everyone who’s read the Bible knows that Jesus drives a Honda but doesn’t brag about it. “For I did not speak of my own Accord” - John 12:49 ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/13 "2016-04-18T02:23:50Z")
That’s amazing! Jesus, Son of God the all knowing, and he doesn’t know how to use a seat belt. Looks like God’s universe is even more mismanaged than Washington, DC. We’re all fucked. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/14 "2016-04-18T02:30:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > No, it’s not true. There’s no way that Jesus is getting a ride from an SUV driver; he’d only ride in a Prius or other fuel-efficient vehicle. Or, failing that, He could hitch a ride with His eleven long-haired friends in a chartreuse microbus. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/15 "2016-04-18T03:07:51Z")
Sounds like something made up to explain why he was cruising for men in his car. As to whether it’s factual, let’s just point out: 1. Jesus is dead. Looooong dead. 2. One would hope that a resurrected god would have better things to do. 3. The morality of humans and the average living condition for our species didn’t start to improve until 1500 years after Jesus died. So, what a resurrected Jesus may or may not be doing isn’t actually all that interesting. Same for Confucius, Gautama Buddha, Zoroaster, and all the mystics who failed to get their names into the history books. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/16 "2016-04-18T03:30:19Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > Wow, that’s so incredibly wrong, don’t they teach any theology these days? Everyone who’s read the Bible knows that Jesus drives a Honda but doesn’t brag about it. > > “For I did not speak of my own Accord” - John 12:49 I thought He burned up the desert in His Triumph? Or was that Moses? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/17 "2016-04-18T03:55:09Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > . . . “For I did not speak of my own Accord” - John 12:49 > [@Askance](#): > > I thought He burned up the desert in His Triumph? . . . I love you both and want to worship you in my church. (I took a lovely afternoon touring the Old California Mission of San Luis Rey, in Oceanside, CA. Charming place, just brimming with Catholic sanctity. You can even buy squeeze bottles of Holy Water in the gift shop. There were numerous depictions of Jesus, most with long hair, as is conventional in the iconography, but several had short hair. I believe, from what is known of the conventions and social norms of his era and his land, he would have had shortish hair, not the shoulder-length locks that have come to be typical in religious art today.) (Anyway, there were a couple of vacant niches, and Saint **Pantastic** and Saint **Askance** would fit in there beautifully! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/18 "2016-04-18T06:37:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > When some people can’t do anything of importance themselves they sometimes have to seek fame some other way, and this is one way to do it. The ultimate Celebrity Sighting that cannot be confirmed or denied by its very nature, with a ready made audience of gullible wannabelievers. Even if we take the facts in the story at face value, we’ve only got a guy with some scars, nice teeth, fabulous hair, of possible eastern mediterranean complexion, and a name that’s hard to pronounce. Oh, and he knew the writer’s name, but given the state of excitement he describes of himself during the encounter, I don’t think we can rule out the possibility that he did actually introduce himself, but forgot he did (after all, he says he did ask the passenger for his name - that sounds like an ‘introduction’ conversation) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/19 "2016-04-18T15:52:19Z")
Cool story, bro’. Oh, c’mon. Somebody had to… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-story-regarding-meeting-jesus-real/752437/20 "2016-04-18T16:22:12Z")
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