(Nancy): fully divine and fully human

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>Greg, Nancy, and James Todd wrote:

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>NANCY replied:

>> Gee, this is the third or fourth time this week that I have asked how Jesus

>> could be *fully* divine and *fully* human. This is an oxymoron. 

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>PAT 

>   There are Scriptures that addrees Jesus' humanity:


<snip bible verses>

>

>Jesus also performed divine works:


<snip more bible verses>

  When you detract either part of Jesus, you end

>up with less than the total desription of His nature.

>

>Pat

>

>

NANCY
Pat, we are all aware that sometimes the bible portrays Jesus as a human and
other times portrays him to be divine. If Jesus is partly human and partly
divine, then he is a demigod like Herakles and Perseus, who, like Jesus, are
the offspring of a divine father and a human mother. Herakles and Perseus
both had superhuman powers, but they also had human failings, just like
Jesus. However, you and Claire have not been asserting that Jesus was partly
human, partly divine. You have been asserting that Jesus was *fully* human
and *fully* divine. But this cannot be. If Jesus is fully human, then he
cannot be even partly divine. And if he is fully divine, then he cannot be
even partly human. 

What you seem to be saying in your post is that you think that Jesus was
part human and part divine. Is this what you mean to say? 

Nancy Todd
todds@pa.net  

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