I feel like the Jesus mythos has been terribly misconstrued, especially by Christians t.co/LNqc4ryUk9
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Didn't seem like JC was a family man in the commonly-accepted sense of the word. And, amidst all the sugary platitudes, one statement that always stood out for me was, "As a man's knowledge increases...so increases his sorrow.." Should THAT tell us something?
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The quote "As a man's knowledge increases...so increases his sorrow" is found in Ecclesiastes, a book traditionally considered to be authored by King Solomon
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Oh, Cool! Wasn't he considered THE, or one of the wisest men in The whole bizarre collection or writings? I think he had 100, or was it 1,000 wives & concubines? He was also known, around town, as "Mister Family Values." :-)
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Maybe he was a wise guy, maybe not... but, my point was that the quote "As a man's knowledge increases...so increases his sorrow" is not attributed to Jesus but to some other person in the Bible.
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That's cool - I hope I didn't seem to disrespect whoever Jesus is supposed to be or whatever...I just remember it as a quote that always resonated for me...one of a handful of things that made some kind of sense in that bizarre grab bag of weird whatever it's supposed to be.
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Has nothing to do with respect or disrespect. Just saying your quote isnt attributed to Jesus but to another person. It's no more complicated than that. And, yes, indeed, there are lots of good quotes in Ecclesiastes. Like "it's better never to have been" 4:3
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"It's all vanity & a striving after wind..." Whoever Ecclesiastes was, (I'm paraphrasing, I think) he nailed that down pretty well. If it was Solomon, I'm surprised he had time to write anything - maybe he was taking a breather after playing a quick 9 holes after breakfast.
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Ecclesiastes is a Greek translation of a Hebrew word which means, roughly, "a preacher to an assembly". "All is vanity and a chasing after the wind".... I couldn't have said it better myself.