Corpus-Paul

[Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>]

At 06:51 PM 7/1/00 -0400, you wrote:

>In the ane immortality was the difference between being human and being a
>god. To say Jesus would have lived forever implies Jesus is a god, not
>human. But it seems that Dunn is saying that never to sin means never to
>taste death. Since Jesus never sinned, ergo, he never would have tasted
>death unless he decided to die.
>But I would have thought that this decision to die occurred when he decided
>to be human, prior to becoming human. But Dunn says that Christ was not
>pre-existent. So he made this decision while a human. So I am at a loss
>here.

no-- yur not.  you just think you are because you have been bewitched by the
clever exegetical gymnastics of a master theologian.  you need only ask
yourself- is Dunn correct?  If so- how so?
The Jesus presented in his Christology bears no resemblance to the
historical Jesus (in fact this is true of virtually all christological
studies).  Dunn's christology (superimposed onto Paul) is a much later
understanding of Jesus than he himself possessed.

>How could a human being -- even if sinless -- make a decision not to ever
>die? Unless I don't understand, entirely possible.

of course he or she cant.....  :-) 

you are reading wishful thinking.....

Best,

Jim

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