General Questions for Mormons...

[prisonchaplain]

Oops, I just saw this from Prisonchaplain: "Thus, he matured as a normal human child would, for he was fully human. Nevertheless, he was without sin." Huh? Ya lost me, he'd be half-human, right? The other half was God (the Father).

Jesus was no hybrid. He was fully God, in that he never ceased to be who he has eternally been. Yet, he humbled himself, and became "a little lower than the angels." He was FULLY human, not a pretender, or a play actor. He truly was human. He subjected himself to human limitation, even while he retained his deity. He was still God, but his powers were willfully surrended while he walked this sod.

[Guest]

(Of course, I'm playing devil's advocate here since I personally have absolutely no problem with the KFD.)

Me neither... shhh.

[Vort]

I personally have absolutely no problem with the KFD.

I, too, do not object to Kentucky Fried Duck, but I doubt it will catch on.

[FunkyTown]

Jesus, when he humbled himself, "became a little lower than the angels." He was not all-knowing during his mortal existence. When the woman with the issue of blood touched him, Jesus turned and said, "Who touched me?" It is quite possible that he really did not know.

Thus, he matured as a normal human child would, for he was fully human. Nevertheless, he was without sin.

Ah! Now THIS is something I can get behind. I agree with this fully:

So: If he had human limitations, such as lack of omniscience, how was he God?

What is the traditional definition of God that it allows someone who is neither Omniscient nor Omnipotent to be God?

[Blackmarch]

Jesus was no hybrid. He was fully God, in that he never ceased to be who he has eternally been. Yet, he humbled himself, and became "a little lower than the angels." He was FULLY human, not a pretender, or a play actor. He truly was human. He subjected himself to human limitation, even while he retained his deity. He was still God, but his powers were willfully surrended while he walked this sod.

Actually this is quite close to what I believe. I think where i differe from the majority is that throughout the ages the concept has been that God and man are so utterly different and seperate from each other, where as I believe they are not utterly seperate and different from each other (but rather at different parts of the same spectrum), and that Christ was the best example of the highest peak that a human could be with the kind of mortal body we are given in this life. I think any lowering that he went through was the acceptance of recieving the same veil that we do when we come into this world, that keeps us from normally sensing heavenly presences of God and his angels. This he had to work through and had to grow to overcome.

Edited November 30, 2011 by Blackmarch