given the other “Jesus sent me a letter” msg, I came to think of the following …
what do you think would be the catholic churches reaction if a guy would appear claiming that he is the “real” Jesus - just coming back to earth …
lets assume that he could manage to get some media coverage - so this would be an “houshold” issue (or household person )…
lets further assume the guy would REALLY be Jesus
any thoughts, any guesses?
cheers
alfred
Happens every day.
They’re called “Loons”.
The Catholics summon The Cookie Truck, same as everybody else. 
Ah, but the OP goes on to specify that the ‘loon’ they were carting off to the bin really is Jesus. What happens next?
A guy claiming to be Jesus?!?
Christ. He’d be crucified.
Same thing as always–Thorazine & craft therapy. He’ll adore basket weaving!
I think Jesus would get released from the hospital, asylum, etc, find a few more “crazies,” start a riot or two, and be brought up on criminal charges. He would have an excellent defence counsel appointed who would get him acquitted. Following the aquittal, he would be forgotten until he died of natural causes somewhere in St Petersburg, Florida. At this point he would rise from the dead only to find that the casket he was buried in was sealed and impossible for him to open from within. Jesus would then spend all of eternity buried in a graveyard just off of US 19.
That’s just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Sgt Schwartz
Most likely Mel Gibson would cast him in the life of Jim Caviezel.
IIRC, his second coming is scheduled to be somewhat more, uh, emphatic. He’s done with the Lamb of God stuff.
It’s not much of a debate, but it is a religious discussion, so I’m gonna resurrect this one in Great Debates.
Somebody got a Book Deal out of that question. Probably would make a pretty good movie. I enjoyed it. Nothing like dark Vatican hit squads to brighten up your day.
How it plays out all depends on whether the J-man, from his previous experience, has learned his lesson about the folly of turning the other cheek.
Lenny Bruce, in Christ and Moses, has exactly this happen, as Christ and Moses show up in Saint Pats.
Cardinal Spellman to Pope John:
What are we paying protection for, anyway?
I love that bit.
I’ve often speculated on this.
I suspect that he’d get born, announce his divinity, and get incarcerated, then die of old age.
And come back again, and the same thing would happen.
And again and again, until eventually he’d eventually get pissed off and decide he has to prove something. He’d do some kicking miracles - perhaps he would have a little word with Randi and do some remote prestidigitation just to get the skeptics on side. Then maybe his own TV show. Or a musical (warning - may be offensive to some).
I’d be he’d go to a place that had some culture reminiscent of his previous earthly life – a synagogue. Or maybe a Quaker meeting house where he could sit quietly and talk with folks for a while.
Well, if John’s Revelation has anything to say about it, it should be quite a show.
Actually, he might do a whole lot less than you’d expect.
Is this the thread where we suggest bumperstickers?
As others have alluded to the Second Coming of Christ, if the Bible is to be believed, will signal the End of Days or Armageddon or the Apacalypse or Judgement Day (pick your happy term).
So, I think there would be little doubt if the real Jesus returned to earth as the End of Days doesn’t seem like a lot of fun for anyone, anywhere. I guess whether you find the ultimate result of it all scary or something to look foward to would depend on your faith in which side of the fence you fall on when the final judgement is delivered (or if you are really lucky be subject to the Rapture).
If he did come back, and was real, then what would happen is the same as last time. A lot of religious zealots will not believe him, get upset when he abolishes old laws and makes some new laws, call him a blasphemer and end up killing him.
