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Religion

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1. He said he was the Son of Man.

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 11:27 AM

Apr 2014

The councils interpreted it to mean he was God.

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If Jesus never called himself God, how did he become one? [View all] pokerfan Apr 2014 OP

He said he was the Son of Man. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #1

That would be an Ecumenical Matter. mr blur Apr 2014 #2

YES!! skepticscott Apr 2014 #20

How cute! okasha Apr 2014 #25

The Emperor Constantine and the Pauline faction made Him one. riqster Apr 2014 #4

Because every Christian faction who thought he was not-God... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2014 #5

That isn't historically accurate. TM99 Apr 2014 #6

I didn't mean to imply people were slaughtered wholesale, Act_of_Reparation Apr 2014 #10

You literally wrote: TM99 Apr 2014 #12

All those people from the second, third, and fourth centuries! struggle4progress Apr 2014 #13

They were not killed that is for sure. TM99 Apr 2014 #14

I look forward to reading this work. TM99 Apr 2014 #7

Without doing any research and relying mainly on intuition LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #11

King-as-god was widespread in ancient times struggle4progress Apr 2014 #15

He said it several times. rug Apr 2014 #16

From the interview... pokerfan Apr 2014 #18

Who, me? pokerfan Apr 2014 #22

Oops, I misread. rug Apr 2014 #23

No problem (nt) pokerfan Apr 2014 #24

His obscure Jewish cult was Romanized by Paul Warpy Apr 2014 #17

A bit of a cowardly dodge by Ehrman skepticscott Apr 2014 #21

I think he means is we have no way of exboyfil Apr 2014 #27

Sorry, but pretty much all of this is wrong skepticscott Apr 2014 #28

I agree with you on the scientific point exboyfil Apr 2014 #29

just my thought MFM008 Apr 2014 #26

It was genetics from the holy poltergeist that did it. n/t Gore1FL Apr 2014 #30