Re: Chris, Chris and Chris

Christopher Wright wrote:
>Adam Walker:
> > Well, Moslems consider Isa to be one of the great prophets.  They just
>don't
> > accept Him as the Son of God.
>
>That's illogical. There are two possibilities: Jesus told the truth about
>Himself, or He lied (and would probably have been insane in this case).
Or the account of him in the Bible is partly or mostly false. Undoubtedly,
there where extra-scriptural traditions about him, on basis of which
Muhammad may've formed his opinion, or alternatively, Jibril just told him
the straight story - I'm no islamologist, but arguing that Jesus was prophet
but not the Messiah isn't necessarily illogical, it just requires that you
reject (most of) the New testament.

>If the first was true, then they'd have to consider Him as more than a
>great prophet. If the second was, then they wouldn't be able to call Him
>a prophet at all, only a heretic.
[snip]
>Christ is boolean.
Christ is boolean? That is, your attitude to him is a simple either-or? If
that's what you mean, I'm affraid I can't agree.

                                             Andreas

PS FWIW, my personal opinion is that Jesus did tell the truth about himself
and that the New Testament gives a true picture of him and his message. But
let's not have this discussion carry farther OT than I've already taken it!

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