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I don't believe Christ ever alluded personally to being God - yes it's stated in the gospels, but I'd rather attribute the labels of liar or lunatic to the people (who by the way are unlikely to have actually been the disciples named) who wrote the history for the consumption of the Gentiles.
I do think people are often capable of determining the difference between good and crazy - and would be surprised if 2000 years of civilisation and culture can be ascribed to the ravings of either a lunatic or a scam-artist. At the same time, I'm not ready to accept the divine aspect of Jesus' life. I'm forced to lean towards the "Good Man, not God" whether it was meant to be excluded or not.
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