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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (12384)5/29/2002 12:25:45 AM
From: briskit  Read Replies (3) of 28931
 
Maybe Romans created and dramatized the idea of Jesus as God. Very early attempts were made to interpret the life and death of Jesus. Paul writes to Phillipi quoting an existent source (a poem or hymn?) saying Jesus did not consider it robbery to be equal with God. The Romans considered Christians atheists for not engaging in emperor worship. They were not likely to advance ideas of a special role played by Jesus. Mark, the most Roman account, utilizes the Messianic secret idea, veiling the person and purpose of the messiah from the apostles, but not women and social outcasts. John, 50 years later, is very straightforward, identifying Jesus with the logos, with God from the beginning. These writings occur within 75 years of the death of Jesus. Paul writes within the lifetime of first-hand witnesses of the events. I think you are referring to creeds which later tried to make specific philosophical distinctions in the various conceptions being offered.
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