Jesus was also a rabbi. The rabbi back in his time was a very well-respected figure. But in this, he goes against customs of his day. Jewish children were put through a school that taught them the Torah. Boys and girls, around the ages of 3 or 4, maybe 5, were put into this. All the girls would not be allowed to continue after this. All boys who did not do so well were also sent back to their families. Girls would learn how to do things around the house while boys would start learning their family trade. All the other boys would continue on to the second level of their education. All boys who failed went back to learn the family trade and boys who passed went to the third level. Same thing happens at the third level. All of them who pass this then go to something similar to a career fair by modern standards. Rabbis would come to this and the students would come to ask to become their disciples. The rabbis would then test their knowledge by asking them a few questions. If they passed this test, the rabbi would say, \"Come, follow me.\" If they failed, they were sent back to their families to learn the family trade. Jesus defied this by going to the \"rejects\", a few fishermen. Everything got reversed. Read Mark and see how he is shown to be a prophet. Prophets were a little bit on the weird side and Jesus was definitley in that category. He was a deviant because he went against all religion. Christianity, if it is what Jesus meant it to be, should not be a religion. It should be an anti-religion. Religion focuses on what you do to please God. Anti-religion is based on love and trust. But don\'t think that this love is always pleasant. It becomes tough love quite often. And I\'m sure Jesus\' disciples saw their fair share of that.