(urth) Who's Right?

[Son of Witz]

On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Matthew Weber <palaeologos at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 2010/12/3 António Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com>
> Lee Berman wrote (03-12-2010 18:24):
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> 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?
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> 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'.
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> Really?  What did he say that his antecedents didn't?
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> 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.
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> -- 
> Matt +


Wow, do Protestants not believe in the divinity of Christ?  I didn't know that.

I'm of the weird sort that believes in Christ /Logos without really believing in Jesus of Nazareth.

~witz

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