In a message dated 1/8/2003 10:17:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Do you > really honestly believe the story of Jesus Christ being > God? Yes, I don't have any problem believing that, Anne. Faith goes where logic fears to tread. Matter of fact, if a Christian said that they didn't believe that Christ was God manifested in human form, how can they be a Christian? There are lots of things in the Bible that I think ARE metaphorical (Adam & Eve, Noah, Job) but the belief in the miraculous creation of Jesus as well as his life & actions and especially his conquering death through resurrection are fundamental to me in terms of calling myself a Christian. It's almost a logical extension to believing in a higher power...if you believe in a power greater than us, would they not be able to create a manifestion of themselves in other forms? When I was a Sunday School teacher I tried to use the analogy of water-ice-steam to explain how something can exist in more than one form. That helps ME understand it anyway. Great - now we have political AND religious threads going! ;~) Bob
