Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 21:08:16 -0500
From: Aaron Micheau <amaarchy-AT-compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: To The Freaks . . .


Jesus's father Joseph was a carpenter. Because of this Jesus might be
inferred by some to have been a carpenter. But the gospels do not say that
he was. Further, he was often explicit about telling people not to worry
about food, clothing, etc. as God would provide without the necessity of
work or savings. He was fed by the people he met in his wanderings.

Of course, as you say, this is all predicated on the assumption that a
person remotely fitting Jesus's description in the New Testament actually
existed... 

-apm

"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow=2E
They do not labor or spin... If that is how God clothes the grass of the
field... will he not much more clothe you,  O you of little faith? So do
not worry at all about having enough food or clothing." Matt 6:28-31