(urth) Who's Right?

[Matthew Weber]

2010/12/3 António Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com>

> Lee Berman wrote (03-12-2010 18:24):
>
>  Antonio Pedro Marques: Well... yes: what makes him [Severian] so
>>> special?
>>>
>>
>> An interesting question. Let's apply it to Jesus. Your answer requires
>> information gleaned from History/The Bible, prayer, religious leaders
>> etc. How would you answer the question if you were a contemporary of
>> Jesus as a young man in his 20's?
>>
>
> For all I know, what's special about the man Jesus are his teachings.
> That's the key element I find missing from the 'Conciliator'.
>
>
>
Really?  What did he say that his antecedents didn't?

Christianity considers Jesus' acts of much higher importance than his
teachings--especially the redemptive act of sacrifice on the cross (or, if
you'd rather, the redemptive fact of his incarnation).  It's liberal
Protestantism in its post-Enlightenment instantiation which has given us
this fixation on teachings.  Which isn't surprising, since once you deny
Christ's divinity, you don't really have much else left.

-- 
Matt +

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
    Publilius Syrus (First century B.C.), Maxim 847
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