A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 25-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

Some examples: Jesus is (according to Christians) the Son of God, and is, in
fact, God himself in one of his Aspects.

Jesus was a man.

Was he?

He was not God in his own form but was the manifestation
of God as a man.

Therefore he was God.

He was born to a human woman - Mary. Ask any Christian.

And what precludes God from manifesting himself as a human born of a human
woman? He is God after all, he can do pretty much anything he wants, by
definition.


Second, God contacted Moses directly when issuing the Ten Commandments.

He did not reveal himself as God, he spoke to Moses thru a burning bush.

You don't think that a burning bush that's not consumed is not God revealing
himself? And what about Moses' time on the mountain, where God wrote the
Ten Commandments in stone with a "finger of fire?" You don't think that's
God "revealing" himself? How is that a "proxy" transaction?

Read the Bible.

You first. Then try to understand what is written before revealing your
ignorance, Mr. History Person.


Third, God interacted directly with Moses and the Isralites when he parted
the Red Sea.

God didn't part the Red sea.

How do you know? The Bible says he did. What evidence do you have that he
didn't.

If you check with rabbinical scholars, you'll
find out that Moses did not even cross the Red Sea. That is a mistranslation
of old texts.

According to whom? What makes their judgment infallible.

BTW - even in most Bible translations, Moses parted the
Red Sea. God did not appear in the physical world.

Um, not quite. Moses asked God to part the Red Sea. And then there's that
whirlwind of fire, which is another direct manifestation of God in the
physical world.

And then there's Lot, his wife, and Sodom and Gomorrah...

What - trying to reveal just how ignorant you really are? Give up
before you dig yourself deeper into a hole of your own stupidity.

You first.
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Scott Weiser

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