Re: Broken record
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In my opinion he is either the a liar, l lunatic, or the Son the God. There can't be any middle ground.
I believe the later, but how can they justify saying a man who dedicated his whole life to preaching that He was in fact the Son of God is a holy man but everything he said was a lie.
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That he existed as a person does not imply that the gospels accurately capture what he said. There seems to be historical evidence outside the gospels that he existed, but as far as I know, there is no such evidence that he himself claimed to be divine (as opposed to his followers proclaiming him divine). If he did make such a claim, then yes, he clearly was a liar or a lunatic.
As for his philosophy, as attributed to him in the gospels, I find it abhorrent. It amounts to an all-out assault on the virtue of justice, replacing it by the alleged virtue of mercy.
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