I am sure that there is forgiveness for Brother Camping"
Uh, I doubt it, if he truly said the above. We are saved by our faith. Kooky idea don't cut it.
Wouldn’t this be close to, if not the same as, the “seeming man” theory called docetism? This is one of the tenets of mainstream Christendom: that Jesus Christ is accepted to have come into the world as a genuine man (without ceasing to be genuinely God) who died a genuine death upon a cross as narrated in all four biblical gospels. This death was needed to work a salvific atonement. One might point out that it was “more” than an ordinary death but it certainly was not less.
“Jesus did not die on Calvary, but that was merely a “manifestation” 2000 years ago....
I am sure that there is forgiveness for Brother Camping”
Uh, I doubt it, if he truly said the above. We are saved by our faith. Kooky idea don’t cut it.”
Discussion of Camping’s “Christ did not really die 2000 years ago” here http://www.scionofzion.com/how_many_times_did_christ_die.htm