Historically that has been a matter of great dispute, resulting in untold persecutions, murders and misery.
Indeed, this whole thread represents spirited irish's efforts to hammer, hammer nails into coffins of those who believed otherwise, beginning with the wicked, satanic Gnostics, now represented by those evil-doing Freemasons -- even our beloved Founding Fathers were not totally innocent of such sins, according to our dear sister spirited irish.
The historical term used for people who do not accept such claims is "Unitarian", and today unitarian-type denominations represent something less than 5% of all Christians -- though some are growing very rapidly.
Many of our Founding Fathers were Unitarians and Freemasons.
To people like spirited irish and others, they are a huge threat.
Historically that has been a matter of great dispute, resulting in untold persecutions, murders and misery.
***I propose we start a thread on this topic alone. I doubt there is much history to it until several hundred years after the crucifixion.
For instance, the first religious opposition (other than simple persecution) to christianity was from the Gnostics, who denied Jesus’s HUMANITY. It is evidence from that contemporary period that Jesus laid down a claim to deity.
I see you read the post, because you responded to it. So then, why did you not respond to this:
Romans cared a lot about revolution, and therefore condemned Jesus not for any blasphemous claims, but rather for, in their eyes, pretending to be a “King of the Jews”.
***Interesting theory. From what historical source do you draw this? At this point it is a fact in dispute.
I see you read the post, because you responded to it. So then, why did you not respond to this:
Romans cared a lot about revolution, and therefore condemned Jesus not for any blasphemous claims, but rather for, in their eyes, pretending to be a “King of the Jews”.
***Interesting theory. From what historical source do you draw this? At this point it is a fact in dispute.