Hello Guy,
While I disagree strongly with Stuart's conclusions, I must say I am not
surprised. There are many intellectual Christians who believe, as Howard
does and has argued, that all matters of faith should be open to question
and reevaluation. Stuart is simply putting this belief into practice and
has, IMHO, presented a somewhat reasonable and plausible argument for
rejecting the divinity of Christ. This Arian argument is still very much
around today, and they are holding their ground quite well. The Scriptures
can be used to support both opposing arguments. We will continue to hear
these arguments brought up, continue to see denominations splitting up over
doctrinal disagreements, and continue to see fragmentation in the church as
long as people continue to boldly adopt this skeptical/critical approach to
Christianity. It is every man and woman for himself/herself. We each become
our final arbiter of truth.
This is my observation of the state of affairs, and I've tried to describe
it as objectively as possible, given my limitations. It is not in any way
intended to offend or insult anyone, nor to accuse anyone of being
unChristian (unOrthodox perhaps), although we do need to define the
bounadries of Christianity, lest it becomes a menaingless concept.
My two-cents worth.
Adrian.
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Blanchet
To: stucandu@lycos.com
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: 3/2/2002 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Virgin Birth
Stuart d Kirkley a écrit:
> --
>
> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:24:28
> bivalve wrote:
> Even being born as the heir apparent to Caesar
> would have made the Creator physically dependent on others to feed
> and clean Him.
>
> I still, for the life of me, can not understand how people can
rationally state that Jesus was God incarnate. To me this is one of the
biggest stumbling blocks of theololgy which stems from and leads to a
narrowness of scriptural interpretation. If, as the Bible states clearly
many times, God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son
to be the Saviour of the world, reveals God as Parent and Son as
offspring, distinct and individual, how do you arrive at the idea that
Jesus was God???!! I just find it incredulous that well reasoned people
can actually hold to this doctrine.
> Sorry, I had to get that out.
>
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> http://my.lycos.com
Mr Kirkley,
Do you feel better now that you 'got it out'? So you're blown away by
the fact that well-reasoned people believe Jesus is God? Don't be.
Isaiah said these words about Jesus : "See, I lay in Zion a stone that
causes men to stumble, and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who
trusts in him will never be put to shame." The stone is Jesus and he
causes certain people to stumble. I also attract your attention to
these words from Paul in first Corinthians: "Has God not made foolish
the wisdom of the world.[...] For the foolishness of God is wiser than
man's wisdom, [...]." Mr. Kirkly,
be careful of worldly wisdom lest you stumble yourself.
GB
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