[Mad Dawg]

MD, you mustn’t think for a moment that we can share God’s “nature” or that we can by nature become like God:

Do I think that? Did I say something like that?

Whoa! What's IN this glass? I don't think I think that. I don't even think Lewis thinks that.

But the part of Lewis I was referring to was the "proof of God" from the "moral sense".

[kosta50]

Do I think that? Did I say something like that? Whoa!

Whoa, indeed, MD! No one is accusing you, although I stand by my statemnent that what Lewis says about the amalgamated nature is pure heresy in the East, and Inwould imagine in the Latin West, but not necessarily in the Protestant communities.

I was responding to your question what I though of Lewis' book, and I told you that I strongly disagreed with what he says. Kolo then simply reinforced my statement by quoting Orthodox doctrine.

I don't think I think that. I don't even think Lewis thinks that.

You can tell us what you think, but what Lewis thinks is spelled out in his work "Why did Jesus have to Die?" Here is a quote from Chapter 4 on Perfect Pentient [my emphasis].

But supposing God became a man - suppose our human nature which can suffer and die was amalgamated with God's nature in one person - then that person could help us...

The Ecumenical Councils declared that Christ is one Person, two natures, unmixed , i.e. un-amalgamated, distinct, and without confusion.

I also do not agree with Lewis that God had to beocme man to "understabd" pain. If God is all-knowing then He knows what it's like to be an ant or a human being. Unless you agree with the bible that some things are hidden from God.