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from the previous post –
Lewis considered
this option carefully. He deduced that if Jesus’ claims weren’t
true, then he must have been insane. Lewis reasons that someone who
claimed to be God would not be a great moral teacher. “He would
either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a
poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell.” Such comments
only show that European scholars have their own idiosyncrasy and
anything against that is to be treated as wrong, foolish, or anything
but sane. However, from Hindu approach Jesus was very true in his
saying that he is god. Because in Hindu ideology we believe that, we
have three basic instincts within us everybody. They are divine,
beast and devilish. That means a person has all the basic instincts
within him. Now the choice is of that person. What instinct that
fellow wants to encourage within him in what situation is the option
open to that person whatever man or women. From what Jesus claims it
is very clear that hew wanted to encourage the divine instinct within
him and so his claim that he is god is absolutely justified.
Most who have
studied Jesus’ life and words acknowledge him as extremely
rational. Although his own life was filled with immorality and
personal skepticism, the renowned French philosopher Jean-Jacques
Rousseau (1712–78) acknowledged Jesus’ superior character and
presence of mind, stating, “When Plato describes his imaginary
righteous man…he describes exactly the character of Christ. …If
the life and death of Socrates are those of a philosopher, the life
and death of Jesus Christ are those of a God.”
Bono
concludes that a “nutcase” was the last thing one could label
Jesus.
“So what you’re
left with is either Christ was who He said He was—or a complete
nutcase. I mean, we’re talking nutcase on the level of Charles
Manson….I’m not joking here. The idea that the entire course of
civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed
and turned upside down by a nutcase, for me that’s far-fetched….”
So,
was Jesus a liar or a lunatic, or was he the Son of God? Could
Jefferson have been right by labeling Jesus “only a good moral
teacher” while denying his deity? Interestingly, the audience who
heard Jesus—both believers and enemies—never regarded him as a
mere moral teacher. Jesus produced three primary effects in the
people who met him: hatred, terror, or adoration. Those with divinity
within them had adoration for Jesus, those who were at beast instinct
had fear of him and those who had devilish instinct active hated him.
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