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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Interesting notion, loganmule.
JinnKai, a self-professedly arrogant person, sees Jesus as arrogant. Conservatives see Jesus' actions as consistent with their beliefs. Liberals, I can say from personal experience, see themselves as christ-like in their devotion to social issues at the expense of their own comfort.
Perhaps in Jesus we have the ultimate Rorschach blot? Perhaps one's individual view of Jesus reveals more about the individual than about Jesus?
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Good point, rb, and one which follows logically from the subjective nature of each person's interpretation of Jesus. I fall into the "love God and love one another" group, and in doing so I admittedly take some liberties with what it means to "love God". There is enough inconsistency in scripture to latch on to whatever resonates with a person, and so, as you point out, that person is revealed by his or her view of Jesus.