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Re: Chris, Chris and Chris

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 15:22
Christopher B Wright wrote:


> _Your_ statement is illogical. Being God* on earth is boolean**; there's > no middle ground. If Jesus was confused about being the Son of God, then > He couldn't have been the Son of God.
ObQuibble: Any Jew may rightly call himself the son of God, as is mentioned in the Talmud.
> You're saying that Jesus might have been confused about His godhood?
In error, rather than confused.
> He > sounded pretty certain: "Are you then the Son of God?" "You are right in > saying I am." (Luke 22:70)
ObLang: This is one of those verses whose translation is tendentious. Clearly the court interpreted it as an affirmation (since it then charged him with blasphemy), but it is not quite a straightforward affirmation either. The KJV renders the verse: Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. which is neatly ambiguous. Each of the Synoptic Gospels has Jesus say something slightly different here: Mark "I am", Luke "You (rightly or not) say that I am", Matthew "You have said it".
> Anyway, I was considering "lie" = "any untrue > statement", whether intentional or not.
I don't think that definition is very usual, and it certainly is confusing. I don't want to say that Aristotle lied when he said that heavy things fall faster than light ones in proportion to their weight. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@...> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel