Posted on 03/02/2012 6:59:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Dr Susannah Cornwall claimed that it is “simply a best guess” that Jesus was male.
Her comments, which are bound to provoke fury in some quarters, were published in response to the ongoing debate about women bishops in the Church of England. Dr Cornwall, of Manchester University’s Lincoln Theological Institute, describes herself on her blog as specialising in: “Research and writing in feminist theology, sexuality, gender, embodiment, ethics and other fun things like that.”
In her paper “Intersex & Ontology, A Response to The Church, Women Bishops and Provision”, she argues that it is not possible to know “with any certainty” that Jesus did not suffer from an intersex condition, with both male and female organs.
In an extraordinary paper she says: “It is not possible to assert with any degree of certainty that Jesus was male as we now define maleness.
“There is no way of knowing for sure that Jesus did not have one of the intersex conditions which would give him a body which appeared externally to be unremarkably male, but which might nonetheless have had some “hidden” female physical features.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It is impossible to tell what moles he had too. This is laughable.
Good grief!
Isn’t it great to be an academic? You can imagine things like these, get published, and still get tenure.
And tax payers pay for her salary, while your kids sit in her classroom absorbing this.
Does her paper come in bathroom tissue size?
RE: It is impossible to tell what moles he had too. This is laughable.
That’s part 2 of her dissertation along with the color of His eyes and hair.
Fury?
No, I pity the woman.
Great White Throne
>> Dr Susannah Cornwall claimed that it is “simply a best guess” that Jesus was male.
She’ll find out for sure some terrible day.
but which might nonetheless have had some “hidden” female physical features.”
Ooooo, crypto-ovaries.
“Research and writing in feminist theology, sexuality, gender, embodiment, ethics and other fun things like that.”
Heavy on the feminism, sexuality and gender. Very light on the theology and ethics.
“Some ideas are so stupid only an intellectual could believe them.”
~George Orwell
Great Britain is in trouble.
I think we should start burning down buildings, marching down the streets and shooting guns in the air just like our mooslem friends would do. /s
>> You can imagine things like these, get published, and still get tenure... And tax payers pay for her salary
It works so well for the global warming academic industry. Why not franchise it into other areas of make-believe academia?
It is not possible to assert with any degree of certainty that Dr Susannah Cornwall has any serviceable intelligence, but folks, I think she’s provided enough clues.
Holy moly.....
unnnnbelievable the lengths some folks will go to.
Sigh.
Give us strength Lord, and guide our course.
Tatt
She's absolutely right!!!!
Of course, she's a little late to this meme.
It's also impossible to assert with any degree of certainty that Jesus was not a raptor.
Definitively Bump worthy post by our FRiend Tijeras_Slim - “Some ideas are so stupid only an intellectual could believe them.”
~George Orwell
Gotta love ol’ George.
Tatt
I wonder why she’s not claiming Muhhamad was a hermaphrodite...I guess she enjoys having a head!
Suzie has some splain' to do on Judgement Day.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Just when ya think that things can’t get any wackier BOOM!
Ya know, the Bible doesn’t specifically say that Jesus wasn’t 900 feet tall. Maybe Oral Roberts had it right all along.....
Well, I have two comments about this.
1) This is what passes for scholarship, not just now but for at least as long as I have been reading about theological. I suspect it has been going on for a lot longer. Make a statement and back it up with....nothing.
2) Say it were so, what’s the point she’s trying to make?
Under Cornwall’s approach, Jesus could have been a shape shifting alien or a leftist loon pseudo academic, also.
Of course, if you were to find irrefutable proof of the resurrection, say, the say goodbye to your professorial career. You'll be lucky to be a dish-washer
“There is no way of knowing for sure that Jesus did not have one of the intersex conditions which would give him a body which appeared externally to be unremarkably male, but which might nonetheless have had some “hidden” female physical features.”
Crucifiction was meant to humiliate and teach others a lesson on what will happen if you defy Rome. I have read that people were crucifies naked to make it even more humiliating. I would imagine someone would have noticed if Jesus were not a male.
From Wikipedia:” writings by Seneca the Younger suggest that victims were crucified completely nude.” This tells me what kind of research she must have done...or didn’t do.
“From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.”(Groucho Marx 1935)
“She may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. She really is an idiot” (Groucho Marx 1934)
“She got her good looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.” ( Groucho Marx 1950)
“She’s afraid that if she leaves, she’ll become the life of the party.” (Groucho Marx, 1936)
“Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first.” (Groucho Marx, 1933)
“Remember men, you are fighting for this lady’s honor; which is probably more than she ever did.” ( (Groucho Marx, 1932)
Why don’t you just ask Him?
He’ll Walk with you and Talk with you
Academics have to one-up each other in order to get attention.
I’m pretty sure Jesus is big enough to deal with it.
Forget the sarcasm, there’s better places to shoot your guns.
Sooner or later she’ll learn that it’s not wise to mock God.
And from what I can deduce it is impossible to tell if this ‘professor’ has a brain since there is no brain to examine......./s(did I have to add that?)
RE: And from what I can deduce it is impossible to tell if this ‘professor’ has a brain since there is no brain to examine.
“You’ve got the brain of a four-year-old boy, and I’ll bet he was glad to get rid of it.” (Grouch Marx, 1933)
What it is, is that they, deep down inside KNOW there is a God. They KNOW there is one more powerful than they. Yet, they are too "small" to admit it. AND, they know they are going to pay for their sins. They are just cowards.
When these people tell me there is no God, I tell them: "you'd better be right." Simple as that.
Sometimes one can only shake ones head at the utter blasphemous stupidity of what liberal “theologians” come up with. There is not a single shred of Biblical or extra-Biblical contemporary evidence that can even begin to support this outrageous nonsense, hence the unprovable negative she posits. Another shining example of where the humanist presuppositions dictate what her theology is, and it is most assuredly not Biblical in any sense.
Explain again this idea that everyone needs to go to University.
You forget that greatest of 80s rap acts, “MC 900 foot Jesus”!
I believe Sam Kinneson had some things to say about “Mr. Place your haundhs on thaaa Tele-VISION and be HeALeD!”’s and his height estimations as well...
Great line....unfortunately for me I now need a new key board....
RE: Honey... he was Jewish..his male equipment was Rabbi approved at 8 days old...sheeees
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“On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”) , and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.” (LUKE 2:21-24)
They say this woman is an academic and theologian but apparently she never reads or refuses to believe the Bible.
I always told them “If you’re right, I black out into the void and never know I was wrong. If I’m right, you’ll have an eternity to regret it” ;)
That’s like saying I can only ‘guess’ that the guy in the office next to me is male.
Dumb.
perfect,,,,this ‘scholar’ is the gift that keeps on giving. Too bad she takes herself seriously
In the Roman Empire, as a general rule that was correct. However, I recently heard a presentation on the crucifixion by a Biblical scholar (Orthodox, unlike this ninny), and she stated that in Judea, as a concession to Jewish laws regarding modesty, the victims were clothed in loin cloths. So Jesus did appear on the cross exactly as traditionally depicted. It was Jewish modesty, not later Christian prudery that depicted Christ wearing a loin cloth.
That said, we can be certain that Christ was fully man, in all aspects. The Bible and Christian teaching are clear that Jesus was the only begotten Son of God. Not the only begotten son-daughter, or the only "thing."
This is some sort of gnostic heresy, positing Christ as somehow not fully human. Nothing new under the Sun.
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