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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Opinions about Christ's brain
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Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 08:09:23 EST
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>> >Quite frankly, I think we have to reject the idea that when the man Jesus
>> >was dying in the cross, he was thinking individually of every one of the
>> >billions of people who God intended to save through him.  This would
>> >require Jesus to have more than a conventional brain.  Hence the idea
>> >is heretical.

    This does not necessarily follow at all!

    If God can make a `conventional' man walk on water or return from the
    dead, why couldn't God cause a `conventional' brain to think otherwise
    impossible thoughts?

-michael