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BurtWorm

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Thu Sep-29-05 12:58 PM
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92. I'll try to schematize it for you. There a several Jesuses to consider.

If you're a fundamentalist Christian or someone who believes in a historic Jesus, whether you're Christian or not, at least two of these Jesuses overlap for you.

The real, earthly, history-bound Jesus: The Jesus (if he existed) who allegedly inspired the Gospels (or the legend).

The Gospel Jesus: The one whose "life" is in the Bible--the magic, miracle-performing Son of God who died and rose again.

The "Probably" Jesus: The Jesus whom scholars and skeptics have hypothesized after subtracting the magical, supernatural elements of the Gospel Jesus that no rational person should be expected to believe. This Jesus is said "probably" to have been a revolutionary or a rabbi or an Essene mystic.

The mythical or gnostic Jesus: Was never intended to be taken literally, anymore than Zeus or Odin was.

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Reply #92: I'll try to schematize it for you. There a several Jesuses to consider. [View All]