[Invincibly Ignorant]

This, of course, is a scandalous statement. Either Jesus was deluded and should be denounced as a madman or he was speaking the truth.

If he was deluded, then Christianity is a farce and 1.5 billion people are ensnared in false hope.

Why does it always have to be only these two options? Sincere religious people have been wrong about doctine for thousands of years. The presidents, popes, religious, non-religious are all wrong about something. Doesn't make them madmen. Jesus could be wrong about what he claimed and that doesn't necessarily make him a madman.

[frogjerk]

Jesus could be wrong about what he claimed and that doesn't necessarily make him a madman.

If you sincerely believe yourself to be God and you are not, you are insane, aka - not in touch with reality.

[brytlea]

In Matthew 26:63-64

63The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ,[e] the Son of God."
64"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."

If one states they are the Son of God (the Christ), you tell me if you would believe they were simply mistaken. I don't believe that would be a viable option here. He wasn't discussing doctrine. He made a statement of fact. The only two that make sense is that He was crazy, or He was telling the truth. I believe He wasn't crazy.

susie

[Uri’el-2012]

Praise His Holy Name!

The Name above all other names.

YHvH has become my Salvation (Psalm 118-14)

b'shem Y'shua

[klossg]

Jesus said and his followers wrote the following down:

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."" Jn 6:51

What sane person says that people have to eat him, in order to live for ever?

He also said: "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." John 11:25

What normal man says this seriously about himself and other people?

If you declare him sane, I know a few Terrorists who want to stay in your house while they learn a few things about chemical weapons.

[chesley]

But the Christians would still be ensnared in false hope. Besides, claiming to be God is the sign of a madman. IMO, or maybe a Democrat.

I don't know if I'm serious about that last statement or not.