in thread "Is Unitarianism the true religion of the coming civilization?": This idea makes perfect sense. God took human form to teach humanity, his children, how to behave. Lead by example. A loving God could do no other, and God is love. Jesus Christ is literally God. Seems pretty simple and logical to me.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3 This idea makes perf (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3 bUt wHy diD gOd cHoOsE tO bE a PaLesTiNiaN cArpEnTer tWo ThOusaNd yEaRs aGo... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.9 1.9 7.6 7.6 bUt wHy diD gOd cHoO (view hidden) log in to judge received 1.9 1.9 7.6 7.6 Jesus Christ explicitly supersedes this view—while thoroughly and completely co-opting it to great success. (That's why it's called the New Testament and the new covenant.) Let me blow your mind: I claim Jesus Christ is the first "right-unitarian."... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.2 5.2 Jesus Christ explici (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.2 5.2 They aren't magical, they are just a description of the strange and constant experience of being conscious and acting with free will and agency. They are necessary because such an obvious and hugely strange fact of existence needs to be explained and conte... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.4 1.4 They aren't magical, (view hidden) log in to judge received 1.4 1.4 To be clear I am not taking the position that "even if it's false, it's metaphorically true." I am taking the position that as a Christian you take on faith which is an act of love for God that it is literally materially true, while remaining legitimately ... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.2 2.2 To be clear I am not (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.2 2.2 Furthermore as a matter of metaphysical argument about love: God ought to be to Mankind as a father is to his child. To imagine God as the impersonal Gnon/Nick Land/right-unitarian quasi-Islamic unitary non-interventionist force of existence who simply let... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.9 0.9 Furthermore as a mat (view hidden) log in to judge received 0.9 0.9 Got cut off:... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.9 0.9 Got cut off:... (view hidden) log in to judge received 0.9 0.9