Originally Posted by akc814ilv

The bible touches on some of the internal struggles he felt as an adult, so I think it would be pretty safe to assume that he had those same sorts of struggles as a teenager and young man.

Honestly if anyone knows of any sources of texts that discuss different possibilities of what Jesus was up to during this period of time then by all means let me know. I'm a history nut and Christ is definitely one of my favorite people to learn about.

I disagree with you though Whaler about what you said about Jesus and Socialism. There are also just as many comments that Jesus made that essentially talked about sharing and what not. I dont want to look up the direct passages, some people in this topic have posted some of them though.

Obviously Christ was a driven man. Clearly he would support doing your best to provide for your family, and if that meant hard work then as a handy man (he wasn't necessarily a Carpenter but thats another topic for another day...he MAY have been one though) he would certainly not be opposed to hard work.

But knowing what we know about Christ, clearly he also believed in taking care of those less fortunate than yourself and if that meant sacrificing some of what you had he was in support of it.

If Jesus was alive in todays day and age with his beliefs and putting the religious stuff aside, I imagine he would be a very hard working man and would advocate hard work, however he would also be in favor of Social programs that take care of the less fortunate. He probably would work for non profit or charitable organizations or something like that.

Im almost 100% positive that Jesus Christ wouldn't advocate CEO's making billions of dollars while some of their employees work 60+ hours a week and make minimum wage.