Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Could Jesus have sinned? Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 04:11:25 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) writes: + +1) If Jesus were unable to sin, He would be the only human for whom this +was impossible. Even Adam and Eve, created sinless at the beginning, There are 'related' questions such as 'If God is omnipotent then can He create a stone so large He can't move?'. One answer is "Yes, but chooses not to". I don't find that answer satisfying. In the case of Jesus then, if he is God then can God sin in the sense becoming separated from God? Hence the 'need' for the concept of a two-god-in-one, or a three-god-in-one with the Holy Spirit. The idea of monotheism forces the one-god, the three different entities require the triad. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu