--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > I know that many people don't like to consider this, > and find some comfort or inspiration in believing > that Christ was NOT human, and that he was somehow > "divine" and the literal Son Of God.
Actually, Christian doctrine is that Jesus was *both* fully human *and* fully divine, not one or the other. The belief that he was purely divine and not human is one of the oldest heresies, called Docetism (a later variant was called Monophysitism). I don't find > that inspiring. Where is the impetus for someone > to follow his example if Christ only got to where > he got to, consciousness-wise, because he was > "special." I find inspiration in the idea that > he was Just Another Human, just like me and you. > If he could do the things he did *as* a human, > then so can we. If the only reason that he could > do them was because he was "special," then we > *can't* aspire to doing those things. John 14:10: He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do.
