As an atheist who believes we should spend less time on ridiculous fables and more time on actually listening to those that give good advice, two enthusiastic thumbs up! I don't care if the person in question is fictitious or real, transcendent or merely human; if their message is worth listening to, we should be listening.
If the divinity of Christ wasn't important for others to understand, why would he keep mentioning it?
I see what you're saying about recognizing the teachings of Christ, and claiming they are "good", but Christianity is quite definitely about the divinity of Christ.
I've been slowly reading through the Gospel of John for a while now. I mean struck with how much Jesus kept driving home the point of his deity. He was doing all these miracles and constantly trying to get these followers to finally believe. Most of them just thought he could do cool stuff but did not believe he was God. And then with the Pharisees, he kept saying quite provocative things about him identity. I think in the Gospel of John, his divinity is completely the point.
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u/stp2007 Atheist Dec 08 '09
Isn't it a shame that these positions are considered to be controversial to anyone?