Coming of Christ

[debaser1]

If somebody claimed to be the messiah, would anybody beleive him? In this day and age would an entire religions worth of people beleive somebody who claimed to be the son of God? I don't think so. Everybody would say that he was crazy, maybe some would beleive him but the general public would see that as a cult. I think that any so called "miracles" the messiah would perform would be denounced, and there would be plausible explanations for it.

Will the world ever see the son of God? Again or for the first time depending on your beleifs.

[Kooper0]

I hope that if someone claimed to be the Messiah they'd be rigorously tested.

I also think in the future that theism will take a different path. I believe God will become transcendent and impersonal, and religion may diminish.

[stormshadowftb]

quote:Originally posted by Kooper0:

I hope that if someone claimed to be the Messiah they'd be rigorously tested.

I also think in the future that theism will take a different path. I believe God will become transcendent and impersonal, and religion may diminish.

as opposed to now when god is not trancental and impersonal to the point of non-existance?

[Kooper0]

quote:Originally posted by stormshadowftb:

as opposed to now when god is not trancental and impersonal to the point of non-existance?

I don't know about other religions, but Christianity says God is personal. Whether he can be described as immanent I'm not too sure, since they believe he isn't bound to the laws of this universe but has the power to act in it.

I think God will only be used to explain the start of the universe, nothing more. That could be a long way away though.

[debaser1]

quote:Originally posted by stormshadowftb:

as opposed to now when god is not trancental and impersonal to the point of non-existance?

Try going to different parts of the world and saying that.

[DrGay]

I hope he uses a tissue this time around.

[Aft3r ImaGe]

quote:Originally posted by Kooper0:

I think God will only be used to explain the start of the universe, nothing more. That could be a long way away though.

There are starting to be more and more ways to explain this without god though.

[THE ONLY SANE MAN]

to the OP. MY POINT EXACTLY. The belife in god is accepted, but the belief that one IS god is not. There both delusions fabricated by a poisoned mind.

[Ra-deus]

If some guy came forward with supernatural powers and claimed to be the messiah, he would probably be tranquilized and locked up in an underground lab with the aliens where he would be disected.

[Rizzo in a box]

Well, considering he's coming in spirit and not in person...I dunno.