> GOTCHA ! ! ! ! ! > Bobby! You messed up! God did not show up "in the flesh". AFAIK Jesus > (let's say for a minute we accept his historical existence) never > stated > he was god, he said he was the son of god. And the burning bush.... > then > you should have said "in the wood" (besides which, the bush was not > burning they merely threw a shoe at him).
This saved me some writing effort: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/jn10_30.htm also: John 1:1-14 (especially 1 and 14) Nice try though. :) Key to understanding this application of the law of identity (two things equal to a third thing are equal to each other) is to understand the model of the divine being, after whose image we are made: Spirit, soul and body. Think of them as concentric circles and the logic of it is clear. "God is spirit, and seeks those who worship Him in spirit and in truth." Jesus was God "in the flesh", i.e., God's fleshly body, which existed in time and space, and had all three elements united as one. God is His spirit, and the Holy Ghost, is His soul, the union of the two, just as our souls are the union of our spirits and our flesh. Recall Genesis 2:7: "And the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul". There is some confusion on this point because some brands of Christianity don't fully appreciate the difference between spirit and soul, and they end up with a doctrine of the trinity that is neither logically correct, nor reconcilable with the truth of what it means for man to be made "in the image of God" as a union of these three elements. The "Father" and "Son" terminology has to do with the relational aspects between these elements of the divine being, spirit and flesh, anthropomorphized for our human comprehension convenience. - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
