tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post9168243540371000943..comments2024-03-25T02:16:16.247-07:00Comments on Christ the Tao: On the Road AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-5322071404378162512013-08-15T01:43:30.246-07:002013-08-15T01:43:30.246-07:00Excuse me David, I thought this was one of those t...Excuse me David, I thought this was one of those threads. <br />I'll post it somewhere else.<br /><br /><br /><br />Lovely greetings from Germany.<br />Liebe Grüsse aus Deutschland.<br /><br /><br />Lothars Sohn - Lothar's son<br />http://lotharlorraine.wordpress.comMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328792937888689350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-50334541676266786552013-08-11T05:51:04.300-07:002013-08-11T05:51:04.300-07:00Lothar: Why not post this in one of the Aslan thre...Lothar: Why not post this in one of the Aslan threads, so other people who have posted there can interact as well? <br /><br />But the short answer is, I "know" very little. And I would call that a strong "conservative" bias, indeed. <br /><br />I actually think Aslan's argument should be very welcome to smart Muslims. In effect, he seems to be arguing that Jesus was a prophet a lot like Mohammed, in effect justifying the violence of the latter by the purported violent intents of the former. In that sense, maybe Aslan is being too clever for a lot of "inside the box" type Muslims -- or maybe they will get what he's doing. David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-87236932234087688162013-08-11T01:08:53.401-07:002013-08-11T01:08:53.401-07:00Hi David,
your criticism of Aslan's book was...Hi David, <br /><br />your criticism of Aslan's book was quite interesting, but it does shows you've also a conservative bias. <br /><br />How do you know, for example, that the sayings "no one has ever done that" were not added by the Gospel writers or an editor?<br /><br /><br />There are many not-implausible, contradictory theories about Jesus of Nazareth which are difficult if not impossible to evaluate due to the lack of hard data.<br /><br /><br />But I believe this kind of scenarios (Aslan) can be ruled out as being unlikely.<br /><br />If Jesus was only one apocalyptic prophet among many others, then why don’t we find texts from their followers who claim they rose from the dead?<br /><br />We know this was the case of Jesus former disciples one or two decades after his death.<br /><br />To my mind, the best naturalist hypothesis is that:<br /><br />1) the body disappeared from his grave in one way or the other, it was maybe stolen by robbers (or mischievous space aliens for that matter)<br />2) the disciples were puzzled by an empty tomb<br />3) afterwards, they experienced powerful hallucinations<br /><br />This would be one good (or at least not too bad) explanation how Christianity could have started.<br /><br />Aslan seems to be a liberal Muslim, conservative ones would always insist that Jesus was someone very special.<br />A friend of mine is also a liberal Muslim from Palestine, I’m going to ask him what his take on this is.<br /><br /><br />I'm looking forward to reading your answer!<br /><br /><br />Kind regards from Germany. <br /><br /><br />Lothars Sohn – Lothar’s son<br /><br />http://lotharlorraine.wordpress.comMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328792937888689350noreply@blogger.com