tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1793187791653087575..comments2024-03-29T08:16:24.083-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The Holy Spirit is technically his biological father so he would be mixed-race."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50370239787369124522017-12-25T21:43:16.272-06:002017-12-25T21:43:16.272-06:00"technically" Jesus doesn't have a b..."technically" Jesus doesn't have a biological father. Full stop. He has a biological mother, and his entire humanity is derived from hers by an act of creation by God from her nature and substance.<br /><br />He is God the Son of God the Father, but that;s not biological fatherhood, but eternal generation of his divine person.pdughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09832284495239324375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50197737422380806832017-12-25T06:15:33.500-06:002017-12-25T06:15:33.500-06:00DNA is a code. God is the code writer. The son of ...DNA is a code. God is the code writer. The son of God is also a code writer. Taking His miracles into account making new body parts when needed. The miracle is why He loves us so much rather than cruel neutrality or outright hatred like Luciferians practice at will.<br /><br />As for me and my house, we will server the Code writer who lived in our DNA to repair us flawed editions.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70312135138248568782017-12-25T02:54:37.249-06:002017-12-25T02:54:37.249-06:00the average looking Galilean Jewish man of the 1st...the average looking Galilean Jewish man of the 1st century<br /><br /><br />The dirty, stupid, asymmetrical, and open-mouthed look of their reconstruction is not flattering even to the average. Basically they seem to have done Eli Wallach playing Tuco, in one of the moments when Clint Eastwood has baffled him.Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72515007830261941072017-12-24T21:42:33.672-06:002017-12-24T21:42:33.672-06:00The early Christians puzzled a lot about the natur...The early Christians puzzled a lot about the nature of Jesus Christ. In the fourth century they came to the firm conclusion that He was both wholly divine and wholly human, and that seems to be the current position in conventional Christianity. You see this in the Nicene Creed, which many Christians recite regularly in their worship:<br /><br />"We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. ... [B]y the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man."<br /><br />Of course, it's a paradox. How can someone be simultaneously 100% God and 100% human? How can someone who was literally "present at the creation" and through whom "all things were made" also have been born a human being, the child of a human mother, in around 1 AD +/- 10? Personally, I don't understand it, but I believe it, and I don't worry about it. Sort of like the Rule Against Perpetuities (you will only understand this comparison if you're a lawyer). The Godfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575359417766667457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61903766146427643052017-12-24T19:21:38.184-06:002017-12-24T19:21:38.184-06:00Hillsong, a Pentecostal megachurch...
Pentecostal...<i>Hillsong, a Pentecostal megachurch...</i><br /><br />Pentecostals are notorious for enjoying their religion without thinking about it overmuch. Seeing that Hillsong is in Manhattan the inherent solipsism of the hip and fashionable Manhattanite combined with charismatic thoughtlessness was bound to produce Preacher Finochino's theological nonsense.Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29500797420746379662017-12-24T19:20:55.597-06:002017-12-24T19:20:55.597-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59329545884443549242017-12-24T18:34:55.037-06:002017-12-24T18:34:55.037-06:00Technically, it would be more theologically fittin...Technically, it would be more theologically fitting to say that Jesus was of mixed-substance not mixed race. Though, that would be a Christian heresy, it's a lot closer than to assume that the Spirit is a race among the other races. <br /> <br />Also, Christ-length hair in light of <a href="https://www.aol.com/article/2015/12/14/forensic-science-reveals-how-jesus-really-looked/21283105/" rel="nofollow">the average looking Galilean Jewish man of the 1st century</a>, isn't that long. <br />Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40037797273660004192017-12-24T18:18:43.277-06:002017-12-24T18:18:43.277-06:00The date of December is not critical, that it happ...The date of December is not critical, that it happened during the census by Caesar in the era of quirinus is the point, recall that the star had to have seen months before the birth, considering the travel for Iran or Arabia.narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128976398798678295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32063056937438340332017-12-24T17:53:44.644-06:002017-12-24T17:53:44.644-06:00>>I am an atheist because the universe makes...>>I am an atheist because the universe makes no sense if there is a personal God.<br /><br />"I am an atheist because the universe makes no sense *to me* if there is a personal God."<br /><br />Fixed it for you. <br /><br />Consider that God's ways may be above your ways. But maybe you are right; God should be answerable to you, He looks to you for validation.<br /><br />Why not create your own universe and show Him how it's done?DanTheManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388305611132014815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15762650288310060872017-12-24T15:30:59.473-06:002017-12-24T15:30:59.473-06:00I keep watch over my flock year round. Temperature...I keep watch over my flock year round. Temperatures in the 50sF aren't going to deter anyone. Maybe sometime I'll tell you why they chose December 25th. It has to do with March 25th and a debate among Jewish scholars.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43113157015636333302017-12-24T15:27:07.453-06:002017-12-24T15:27:07.453-06:00Ringo as a name was essential, John, Paul, George ...Ringo as a name was essential, John, Paul, George and Pete sounded way too ordinary.dustbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379763339950671076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91570830049782050232017-12-24T15:07:38.277-06:002017-12-24T15:07:38.277-06:00I don't want to characterize the Holy Spirit&#...I don't want to characterize the Holy Spirit's role in this whole business, but I'm pretty sure God the Father is the father on the birth certificate. Johanna Lapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11683581129390692385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81047511168822932942017-12-24T15:01:31.146-06:002017-12-24T15:01:31.146-06:00@Darrell, if Jesus was born while shepherds were k...@Darrell, if Jesus was born while shepherds were keeping watch with their flocks at night on the hillsides around Bethlehem then it is unlikely that he was born in December, unless the weather was substantially warmer then than it is today. Biblical scholars piecing together clues from the Bible believe Jesus was born during the feast of Sukkot, which is in the early autumn.<br /><br />I’ll say it before you do. Yes, I am an odd sort of atheist.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21327630733991410652017-12-24T14:20:34.519-06:002017-12-24T14:20:34.519-06:00There is a LOT to learn from the mystery of the In...There is a LOT to learn from the mystery of the Incarnation, including the communion of divine and human in Jesus, as well and the communion of all humanity (many being one) when they are one in and with God. And then come fools like this to throw it all away.<br /><br />Technically, the Holy SPIRIT is, well, SPIRIT, and not biological. Jesus had no biological father. Just as Eve was bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh of Adam, so too is the New Adam (Jesus) bone of her bone, flesh of her flesh of the New Eve (Mary). His body and her's are one body in a communion of persons.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54657831784829564762017-12-24T14:12:35.291-06:002017-12-24T14:12:35.291-06:00"The Holy Spirit is technically his biologica...<i>"The Holy Spirit is technically his biological father so he would be mixed-race,” Mr. Finochio said.</i><br /><br />Before village idiot Finochino gets too technical he ought to contempt the gulf between spiritual and biological.Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4988830543900723932017-12-24T13:37:15.310-06:002017-12-24T13:37:15.310-06:00Technically, it was a spiritual joining, producing...Technically, it was a spiritual joining, producing a secular offspring. E=MC^2.<br /><br />It's analogous to the Progressive belief in spontaneous human conception, but without a Stork.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70396592654689722882017-12-24T13:35:49.941-06:002017-12-24T13:35:49.941-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53724512608737896362017-12-24T12:53:57.180-06:002017-12-24T12:53:57.180-06:00Ann Althouse said...
I looked up how tall was Jesu...<i> Ann Althouse said...<br />I looked up how tall was Jesus and saw the estimate that he was only 5'1". That's how tall those people were back then.</i><br /><br />He is God--and He could be any height that pleased Him. Such silly statements are said by the same people that said he couldn't have been born in December in the Middle East. Even though Mohammad was born in December.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63311830587803116532017-12-24T12:01:33.224-06:002017-12-24T12:01:33.224-06:00I looked up how tall was Jesus and saw the estimat...I looked up how tall was Jesus and saw the estimate that he was only 5'1". That's how tall those people were back then. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84341291220655458692017-12-24T11:53:36.701-06:002017-12-24T11:53:36.701-06:00"Mr. Finochio, who has Christ-length hair.&qu..."Mr. Finochio, who has Christ-length hair."<br /><br />I picture Jesus as about 5'8" long. That's really long for hair.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57734338935386797012017-12-24T11:41:28.806-06:002017-12-24T11:41:28.806-06:00The mega-pastor with Christ-length hair is perhaps...The mega-pastor with Christ-length hair is perhaps confusing race and grace. Maybe its a Pentecostal speaking in tongues thing.robotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158315485808195005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22861469259174761662017-12-24T11:33:39.211-06:002017-12-24T11:33:39.211-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.MrCharlie2https://www.blogger.com/profile/07938424707857154495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17899077513143804762017-12-24T11:28:36.085-06:002017-12-24T11:28:36.085-06:00Allen S - ha. That is good.Allen S - ha. That is good.Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45318236661968354562017-12-24T11:17:46.799-06:002017-12-24T11:17:46.799-06:00Great sensitivity question by a sensitive heighte...Great sensitivity question by a sensitive heightened blogger.Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738566962027017005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52917422648890177902017-12-24T11:14:39.112-06:002017-12-24T11:14:39.112-06:00Checking around, I see that Earthy is still around...Checking around, I see that Earthy is still around. While not the smartest man, he was always smart enough to wear a motorcycle helmet.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.com