Was Jesus Divine?

Nikalaus · Apr 17, 2008

Okiefreak said:

Don't blow a fuse over it. I apologize for being cryptic. The question you asked is a good one, that many Christians haven't thought through: What happened to Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and all the other good, high-minded ethical "pagans" before Jesus came along? And all the Chinese, Indians, etc., before the missionaries got there to save them. One explantion I've heard from fundamentalists is that they were, as I said, "grandfathered in". You may know the expression "grandfather clause". If your grandfather had a certain status at the time a new law is passed, an exception to the law is granted. When areas are re-zoned, people who would be adversely impacted are sometimes granted "prior nonconforming use" exemptions. Etc. Some fundamentalists believe that the part in the Apostle's creed "He descended into hell" refers to Jesus' mission to liberate all of those souls and take them to Heaven. (Of course, that doesn't solve the problem that they were already roasting for centuries down there before He arrived. I don't believe that they burned in hell because: (1) there is no such place; and (2) it obviously wouldn't be fair.
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Hehe I wasn' blowing a fuse i was just trying to bring a lil cartoon humour in a seriosu thread... sowwy.

HUGS.

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