False Expectations
September 26, 2006
Isn’t it amazing how we can fantasize about these alternate situations in our minds and expect them to be realized in our horribly crooked world? How depressing.
(read: emo)
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The New Perspective on Rob 
September 26, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Sounds like someone crashed and burned. 😦
Better luck next time.
September 27, 2006 at 3:59 am
I told you that you shouldn’t have done that…
September 27, 2006 at 8:35 am
i hope everything is ok.
erika
September 27, 2006 at 1:33 pm
I’m posting off-topic. You raised a significant issue in a recent post, concerning how Jesus could have retained all of the attributes of deity at the incarnation.
It belatedly popped into my head that you’re touching on the issue of kenotic theology, which is regarded as unorthodox. It attempts to safeguard Jesus’ humanity by asserting that Jesus emptied himself of the very attributes you identified in your post, only to take them up again after the resurrection.
See Wikipedia; and Sola Scriptura. The latter source offers a good overview of the problem but, regrettably, ultimately settles for simplistic “solutions” to it.
With respect to the Gospels: I think they try to show Jesus as possessing omniscience (notably, reading people’s thoughts) and omnipotence (e.g. the raising of Lazarus). I suppose there’s even a hint of omnipresence re those occasions when Jesus heals from a distance.
Still, I think kenoticism has a lot going for it.
September 27, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Silly Cuban, you should have listened to me…
September 28, 2006 at 12:26 pm
There, there. Stiff upper lip and all that!
September 28, 2006 at 2:40 pm
I’m just trying this to see if it works. Nada mas queria saludarte. I like your blog. It’s very thought provoking. Hasta luego!
Srta. Brown
September 28, 2006 at 8:39 pm
That comment is to depressing for a Believer.
September 28, 2006 at 10:52 pm
I disagree with that bit, Prayer Bear, but thanks for visiting.
September 28, 2006 at 11:13 pm
And why wouldn’t a source called Sola Scriptura be “simplistic”?
Ohh, burn…
😛
September 28, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Hi Robert, I felt guilty not visiting your site. 😦