I once heard
an educated Bible theologian say that to understand the Bible, we must either
believe that Jesus was God or that he was only a crazy deluded man. This was probably the excuse he used for not
dealing with the contradictions in the Bible. Does the reader have to take one or the other of
these extreme mindsets? Is there no
middle ground?
Sure, there is a lot to talk about between the two polar extremes, the question is, will we? For sure, the Church trained and financially supported Biblical theologian could not even hint for a second that Jesus was slightly less than God. The heretic label would have devastating consequences within the hierarchy of the Church, both to one’s career and income. He or she would achieve, in an instant, leaper status to be shunned.
G. Goslaw
Landers, CA.
