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Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
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Mon, 2 Dec 2002 03:25:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > Believing that the God of the Hebrew Bible sent his son to Earth in the form
> > of a human male 2,000 years ago to "save" us from our sins sounds very much
> > like it is incompatible with other religions' theologies, and not at all
> > independent of them.
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> It is unique, and it has a unique message.
There are any number of self-contradictory assertions inherent in the
Christian faith with which one could take issue, but this is the big one that
needs to be exorcised whenever it's uttered. The whole
God-incarnate-here-to-redeem-us theme is not at all distinct to Christian
mythology, and in fact occurred numerous times in history prior to Christ,
quite a few times contemporaneously, and a bunch of times since then. To
assert that there is anything grand or divine or unique or special about the
alleged divinity, death, and alleged resurrection of Christ is simply to ignore
reality.
I can assemble a list of other divine incarnations if you'd like, but I don't
have all of the necessary citations in front of me, so it'll take a little
while. In any case, it is futile to hang one's faith on claims of uniquely
manifested divinity.
Dave!
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I would like to see your cites. Christianity offers a few unique twists. One which I believe is unique is the "fully human, fully divine" status of Jesus, and his fulfillment of OT biblical prophesy. I also am not aware of any God-incarnate (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm not sure it was the divine manifestation to which the 'uniqueness' was referring, but (as I took it) Christianity itself. IE that it is Christianity that is unique, with a unique message. Not the Jesus-being-the-son-of-God bit. I could be (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I know the feeling about which you speak-- I was just trying to upwrap it and try and see *why* that is actually a comfort. For me, it boils down to a reassurance that we are not crazy, that we are not completely wacked on an issue, which (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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