tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post7566967177655963868..comments2023-10-24T09:02:49.903-05:00Comments on The Dimming Torch: Angry White Voters: The Truth about the Tea PartyMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856294228614073546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post-64751483975785209572011-08-20T20:29:26.269-05:002011-08-20T20:29:26.269-05:00Here is the link to my "divinity of Christ&qu...Here is the link to my "divinity of Christ" post. I hope it clarifies:<br /><br />http://mattwion.blogspot.com/2011/08/christ-of-faith-face-of-god.htmlMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856294228614073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post-3622087393009039702011-08-20T18:37:59.737-05:002011-08-20T18:37:59.737-05:00Thanks for your comments and quetsions.
I guess y...Thanks for your comments and quetsions.<br /><br />I guess you meant to post this on the "Historical Jesus" post. I care about what the historical Jesus taught because I do identify myself as Christian. I don't think being a philosopher requires a commitment to atheism.<br /><br />I think, however, that as a person of such historical interest, his message is worth recovering in its own right. Furthermore, as far as I can tell, what he had to say about justice and compassion is profound and insightful whether we believe in God or not.<br /><br />When people claim "Jesus was/is God," I think they are making an assertion that lacks the proper sophistication and nuance. Most professional theologians would not say it that way. I'll tell you what, I'll put up a new statement on "the divinity of Jesus" soon in order to explain my own position fully.<br /><br />But here I will say this. Theologians will often refrain from saying that Jesus the historical person is God. But what they will say instead is that "for us Christians he is the clearest expression of God we see," or "we experience the divine must fully and clearly in the person of Jesus," or some variant of that. The position is more subtle and careful than it the blunt expression "he was God."<br /><br />As for the idea of God. I don't believe in a supernatural person who made the world. The term God does not have to mean that. I here post a link to my posts on this topic, I refer you to that for my position on God.<br /><br />http://mattwion.blogspot.com/search/label/GodDr. Matthew Wionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250689234468638382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048405844159177205.post-21869686330443810482011-08-20T18:25:48.604-05:002011-08-20T18:25:48.604-05:00Why do you care about pinning down what the histor...Why do you care about pinning down what the historical Jesus actually believed? Do you think he was God? Why think that? You're a philosopher, right? I don't get the idea of stripping away all the myths, except for the BIG one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com