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The tone of the discussion between perhaps the two most biblically erudite people on this thread is exactly what has turned me away from the church entirely. I cannot believe that a God of love would want us speaking to each other in this manner, and it saddens me to watch it play out on TFP.
And so, who was Christ? I used to call myself a Christian, a very strong one at that. Now, though, I suppose that I don't know whether or not Christ was/is divine, and because of that I cannot fit the evangelical mold. That's fine with me. I believe God, if he exists, would have me as I am, doubts and all. However, I don't think we can boil it down to a damned dichotomy... fake vs. non-fake. We are human. We have no clue. For all we know, Christ could be a manifestation of an incomprehensible (to us) being who spans time, fakeness and non-fakeness, existence and history... and blow us all away with how small we really are. And yes I read that Lewis book too, in my fervent Christian days... I practically worshiped Lewis. But he is just one voice. His perspective does not encompass all that Christ could possibly have been. Lewis was a human, just like the rest of us.
Personally, anyone who claims to know the answer to who Jesus was... I don't trust them. None of us has the authority to claim that "I" know (or at least, we can say that, but not to prove others wrong). And yet we start wars over this fact... in the real word, between whole nations, and even here on TFP.
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran
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