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I have to disagree there:

The Ordinary World,

Baby born to poor people in a manger

Call to Adventure

Three wise men show up and proclaim him the messiah and help guide him

Refusal of the Call

A literal 18 year time skip between age 12 and 30

Meeting the Mentor

Assumed why he returned from this time skip as a rabbi

Crossing the Threshold

Gaining his first disciples and preaching

Tests, Allies, and Enemies

Judas

Approach to the Inmost Cave

Acceptance of Judas’ betrayal

Ordeal

Obvious

Reward 10) The Road Back 11) Resurrection

I mean 9 10 and 11 are the same here. Dude came back from the dead.

Return with the Elixir.

He was said to grant boons to his former disciples before he left the second time.

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KRAW@linux.community ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Lol, somebody hasn’t actually read the Bible. You have taken quite a few liberties, just in the first few points.

Jesus is never portrayed as "ordinary."

The wisemen don’t proclaim anything. An angel appears to Mary before Jesus is born and tells her exactly what will happen and what to do.

Jesus is a literal baby at this point. He can’t refuse anything

Assumptions are of no value compared to facts, or at least something that is actually in a historical text or the actual Bible.

This is not what “Crossing the Threshold” would be in the Hero’s Journey. It’s like Luke leaving Tatooine or Frodo leaving the shire. Jesus is the son of God, at least in the context of the New Testament. There is no “threshold.” He’s part of an omniscient being.

and considering that’s almost half of the steps, I don’t think we need to go any further
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justaman123@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You can’t argue with the faithful with facts, their beliefs don’t rest on facts. By it’s very nature it’s about believing a story they were told when they were children. Before they knew most things had to be priced with facts

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