From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!sjk
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Persons as God
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.144
Posted: Tue Mar 29 21:16:25 1983
Received: Wed Mar 30 05:18:30 1983
References: microsof.6170

I can't restrain myself.  It irks me when I hear statements such as "Jesus
is/was God's only begotten Son" interpreted as if Jesus has some specialness
unavailable to anyone else.  Why is it that person-kind is so unevolved as
to accept multiple persons as "great leaders" throughout history, and yet
only believe it possible for *one* person to become "God made manifest"?  It
seems that an attitude such as "How does the Spirit manifest?" is much more
useful in bringing about the realization that God appears and will continue
to appear in multitudinous(sp?) forms.

I find all the chatter about interpretation of Biblical scripture amusing.
Step back a moment and become your favorite Biblical character, alive today.
You'd probably be saying something like "No!  This is what we meant!" and
then show the truth AS IT WOULD BE SHOWN TODAY.  Trying to provide absolute
interpretation is hopelessly culture-bound.  For example:

	"Know ye not that ye are gods?" (chapter/verse forgotten)

How do you feel about this?  Public and/or private correspondence on any
and all religious/philosophical matters is always welcomed!

scott kramer (ucbvax!sjk, sjk@ucbvax)