:
|
I didn't say at what stage in his life he found out, but its not like he was messiah-ing from day one.
|
What I'm saying is that he always was special. He didn't have to die to gain his powers.
:
|
Was it the forty days in the desert that was the turning point? I'm no New Testament theologican.
|
I think it was. After that he went about preaching.
Also did you know that there is a gospel that isn't in the bible? It's the gospel of St. Thomas and is a collection of stories about Jesus' childhood written around the same time as the others.
The reason it didn't make the bible? It makes Jesus out to be unforgiving and evil. In one of the stories he makes some people blind because of something he considers wrong.