tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post110436031133218293..comments2023-05-23T11:59:41.450-04:00Comments on bits of starstuff: a kinder, gentler godMikayla Starstuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12511426810563234113noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1105112024907329352005-01-07T10:33:00.000-05:002005-01-07T10:33:00.000-05:00WOW, quite a string you two have going here!
was ...WOW, quite a string you two have going here!<br /><br />was going to post, but I see the string has been restrung up above...teleeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350258215919750640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104991175076437852005-01-06T00:59:00.000-05:002005-01-06T00:59:00.000-05:00Actually, I think those basic sunday school questi...Actually, I think those basic sunday school questions deserve serious consideration. But I'm not really going to have time to go into all of church history myself either. LOL Got to get ready for a new school semester to start, and then I will have very little spare time.<br /><br />Thanks for your input on this issue, and I apologise if I got to polemical. Personal beliefs are things that are Mikayla Starstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511426810563234113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104942917826567802005-01-05T11:35:00.000-05:002005-01-05T11:35:00.000-05:00I'm actually not ignoring the complexity of the is...I'm actually not ignoring the complexity of the issue. Rather, I'm using simple terms to state the issue, because I don't have time to get into a whole history of Christianity at the present. Unfortunately, you're showing a lack of understanding of many of the basic issues here, which makes this difficult. Just because specific terms were used in later councils does not mean the belief was notTravis Prinzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499855451918413702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104936893636198882005-01-05T09:54:00.000-05:002005-01-05T09:54:00.000-05:00And I'd like to add that there are more options to...And I'd like to add that there are more options to the Jesus nature question then him being either "fully god and fully man" or only man, as you assume. There have been viscious disputes over whether he has one nature or two natures. The issue of Jesus humanity or divinity was not really set in stone until the Council of Chalcedon in the year 451. That is even where the phrase "truely God and Mikayla Starstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511426810563234113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104935980504324592005-01-05T09:39:00.000-05:002005-01-05T09:39:00.000-05:00And who defines orthodoxy?And who defines orthodoxy?Mikayla Starstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511426810563234113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104927802292938032005-01-05T07:23:00.000-05:002005-01-05T07:23:00.000-05:00Might be a good idea to do some research. You'll ...Might be a good idea to do some research. You'll find (unless there are some neat ways to twist history, which there usually are) that Jesus still remains the only "fully God and fully man" religious character in history. <br /><br />Also, really, you can't say that Christians have been disagreed on the deity of Jesus, since the deity of Jesus is the defining teaching of Christianity. Anyone Travis Prinzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499855451918413702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104852752002540002005-01-04T10:32:00.000-05:002005-01-04T10:32:00.000-05:00Sorry to inform you, but Jesus' status as "fully g...Sorry to inform you, but Jesus' status as "fully god" and "fully man" is not something that has been universally agreed on by Christians for 2,000 years. Nor is it univerally agreed on now. Nor is that teaching specifically and exclusively seen in the Bible, even. <br /><br />Thanks for the idea though. I may do a bit of research and write a post about this issue.Mikayla Starstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511426810563234113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104798877242350642005-01-03T19:34:00.000-05:002005-01-03T19:34:00.000-05:00Agreed on the "if" being a big "IF." It's really ...Agreed on the "if" being a big "IF." It's really the cornerstone teaching of Christianity. <br /><br />But it's certainly not "just an attempt" to explain how He could be God. It's been Christian doctrine for almost 2,000 years. It wasn't invented somewhere down the line. Jesus Himself claimed in no uncertain terms that He was God. So really, when it comes down to it, the "if" above is the Travis Prinzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499855451918413702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104771423913131422005-01-03T11:57:00.000-05:002005-01-03T11:57:00.000-05:00Travis,
The "fully god" and "fully man" thing is j...Travis,<br />The "fully god" and "fully man" thing is just an attempt at an explanation of how Jesus could be called god. <br /><br />And that "if" you mentioned, that is one big IF.Mikayla Starstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511426810563234113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104753695234175412005-01-03T07:01:00.000-05:002005-01-03T07:01:00.000-05:00What's exceedingly strange about websites like "Th...What's exceedingly strange about websites like "The Pagan Origins" is that most of that stuff was debunked over a century ago and is simply popping up on websites and in oddball groups like "The Jesus Seminar," or in Dan Brown's silly book. The similarities between Christianity and pagan or mystery religions are almost entirely superficial. <br /><br />The differences between Christianity and Travis Prinzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499855451918413702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104672372417450032005-01-02T08:26:00.000-05:002005-01-02T08:26:00.000-05:00What are the things that make christianity differe...What are the things that make christianity different from all other religions? What it have that other religions didn't have before?<br /><br />(You may want to check out the link to "Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth.")Mikayla Starstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511426810563234113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104639776582552652005-01-01T23:22:00.000-05:002005-01-01T23:22:00.000-05:00Some interesting things to think about, though I d...Some interesting things to think about, though I do have to respond to the concluding quote. While many differences in doctrinal detail have existed through church history, a fundamental "rule of faith," i.e., key doctrines of Christian belief, (the ones that make it unique from all other religions) has existed for almost 2,000 years now.Travis Prinzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499855451918413702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568034.post-1104439361608372242004-12-30T15:42:00.000-05:002004-12-30T15:42:00.000-05:00Hi! Think you might enjoy Tom Harpur's, The Pagan...Hi! Think you might enjoy Tom Harpur's, <B>The Pagan Christ</B>. Great read by the way, will have to stay and Blurk awhile.teleeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350258215919750640noreply@blogger.com