Spiritual/Political/Philosophical Blog on the Nature of Truth and Falsehood and Heaven
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Tuesday, May 14, 2002 Let a thinker be a thinker (or meditator) HokiePundit's getting a little flak which I probably deserve more than that youngster. Puh-leeze folks, let's not always categorize someone every time they stray from a party line. I'm sure Robert is not a Unitarian/Universalist any more than I am, but he's asking sincere and interesting questions. If God is Love, and someone comes to the realization that he loves Love, what disservice to faith or God is that? Surely he is trying to establish himself with the same Truth and Love that I am either in or seeking to be in. I should weep if such a person never seriously considered Jesus as the Face of Love, but I could not condemn such a man (or woman) who devoted himself to Love and its Way of Life. Skepticism is just as valid after conversion as before. Maybe more so. But this instant need to categorize and dismiss others is not kind nor Christian. I've been fooling around lately with the Arian Heresy to see what I think the argument was really about. I'm beginning to think that the basic idea of the heresy was grossly distorted by Athanasius and the later Church; particularly if we are thinking that Jesus had to be limited in every way that ordinary humans are or he could never be considered a human being. Any deviation from the idea that Jesus was anything but human and we have created a Superman, a fraud, a God incognito. If that is what Arian was suggesting, then he fostered no heresy. For if Jesus was God and knew it, he simply could not be killed on a Cross. It's impossible to kill such an eternal, immortal, human imposter. Heck, whip him and his flesh would instantly heal, since being God in the flesh, he would have perfect health and self-healing. He would feel no pain, and so on. posted by Mark Butterworth | 3:27 AM | |
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