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JC: God, or something close to it?

JC: God, or something close to it?

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Originally posted by bbarr

I don't mind you being evasive, that's par for the course when it comes to these topics.[/b]
You mean me personally, or just in general with the topic? 😉 😀

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Originally posted by Omnislash
You mean me personally, or just in general with the topic? 😉 😀
In general, of course. It is also a function of internet debate, which rewards speed of response over research.

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Originally posted by lioyank
Isn't there any passage(s) in the Bible which claim(s) that he proclaimed he was the "only Son of God"?
He is the only one that the bible claims was created by God and conceived in a virgin. He is the "first born"...He had brothers but God did not create seed in Mary in their case. Joseph was the father of Jesus's brothers.
The bible also claims that born again Christians are also sons of God by birth. That is, "seed" is created in them when they are "born again"

I Jn 3:9
9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
(NKJ)

This is talking about the new nature in a Christian or "seed". That part that is born of God cannot sin, Christians who walk according to the flesh still sin. But that is another topic.....

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Seedy or what....Good fun reading this stuff!😴🙄

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Originally posted by lioyank
I look forward to the feedback. Good, bad, I'll take it all.
You're making a mountain out of a molehill.

Originally posted by lioyank
So how is it that this one man could make such an influence in such a short time?

Consider this: he didn't. It took an awful lot more than 'him' to make the impact we see today. It took a multitude of people over generations to propogate the 'JC as Son of God' myth, starting right around 325 C.E.

In fact, there were centuries of saviour tradition(s) that led to the culmination of this particular version of the saviour myth. JC and Christianity is clearly a syncretic creation...an anthropomorphized worship of the Sun.

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Originally posted by David C
JC and Christianity is clearly a syncretic creation...an anthropomorphized worship of the Sun.
A bit like Japanese emperor worship?

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
A bit like Japanese emperor worship?
I like the Haile Selassie model, myself. 😉

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Originally posted by David C
I like the Haile Selassie model, myself.
One love...Let's get together and feel all right.

Sound pretty Christian.

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