Would Jesus Have Missed a Chance to Visit Scotland?
BS
Dr Gordon Strachan claims that Jesus may have visited Scotland before
turning 30. Speaking on The Hour, Strachan said Jesus “wouldn’t have
missed the chance” to visit Scotland if he had travelled all the way
to England with his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, as he believes he did.
In 1804, British poet William Blake first suggested the theory when
writing that Jesus came to Britain and “walk[ed] upon mountains
green.”
While researching for his book, Jesus the Master Builder, the retired
Edinburgh University lecturer of History and Architecture used these
legends as a starting point to try and prove a network of connections
between the Celtic world and Mediterranean culture and philosophy.
“My first question is ‘why shouldn’t he have come?’. Nobody knows what
happened to him till he was aged 30. That’s a long time
“There were legends he went to Egypt and to India but then there are
also legends that he came to Glastonbury, to Cornwall.”
Strachan was first converted to the idea that Jesus came to England
after speaking to friends and he quickly became involved in his own
research.
“I went down to Glastonbury and looked around and then went out to
Israel on a job for two years so I got both ends of the story.”
The former professor believes that if Jesus did make the long journey
to the UK then he would have done so for a deep reason, most likely to
further his education.
“His uncle was Joseph of Arimathea and he came with his uncle for the
tin mines. He added: “Eventually he came to Glastonbury and he built a
church.
“He probably was going to say hello to the druids.”
The minister admits that the significance of whether or not Jesus
visited England and indeed Scotland is not important to some as it
does not change the story of his later life, however he does believe
that it creates a connection that some may find comforting.
“If he learnt from the druids, then it gives us in Britain a
connection, a historical, geographical connection.
“People are rather unbelieving, I have a great mission to do to try
and convince people of that.
“I don’t see why he shouldn’t have come - the legends say he did.”
Dr Gordon Strachan’s research has now been compiled into the
documentary And Did Those Feet.
Last updated: 07 December 2009, 18:43
Don Stockbauer
> http://scotland.stv.tv/history/142661-jesus-may-have-visited-scotland...
He also visited Beta Lyrae 7.
Don Stockbauer
He was God, right? He could have created a Star Trek matter-
transporter for Himself.
BS
> transporter for Himself.
Yeah but if he could do that why go to Scotland or Beta Lyrae 7 for
that matter?
BS
SF, CA
Don Stockbauer
Why does anyone go anywhere?
Don Stockbauer
"The Machine Stops."