on 8/21/01 3:59 PM, Vince D. Calhoun at vcalhoun@jhu.edu wrote:
> At 02:44 PM 8/21/2001 -0400, James W Stark wrote:
>> To me Jesus was not saying that he was God in that quote or that we must
>> worship him.
>>
>> To be God-referenced a person must seek the truth beyond the
>> truth perceived in h/h worldview as a self-referenced source of truth. He
>> is metaphorically saying where we ought to seek truth. It is always beyond
>> our personal worldview.
>>
>> Incidentally, the way does not have to be interpreted as one way.
>> Continually seeking the truth creates a personal path built on many choices.
>> Every choice should be guided by Jesus.
>
> I realize you were making a specific point with your comment so this is
> probably slightly off topic. But your statement makes me wonder. Isn't
> there adequate evidence from scripture that Jesus was God and that we are
> called to worship Him? (perhaps this is what you meant by "every choice
> should be guided by Jesus"). Of course how that plays out in the lives of
> individuals is very different.
>
To me Jesus never claimed he was God. Humans deified him after the
incarnation. Marcus Borg states the indecision on his deity in The Meaning
of Jesus. He also has a web site. I have no problem with either
conviction, because it is irrelevant to his message stated as the Jesus
movement by Borg.
Jim Stark
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