(March 8, 2019 at 7:47 pm)fredd bear Wrote: "Being fully man by definition doesn't mean imperfect and by nature sinful. "
Sorry, that dog won't hunt.
Adam and Eve were the only human beings who have ever existed who were free of original sin. (exception: the Catholics also claim that for Mary, Jesus' mother.) If Jesus was incapable of sining, he was not fully man, but demi-god,. Further , the temptation of Christ in the dessert, by the devil becomes worthless. For the temptation to be meaningful , Jesus MUST have been capable of succumbing to temptation.
The motifs of the bible were written in an age of kings, even polytheism was written in an age of kings. So monotheistic or polytheistic the heros in those mythologies, the stories were written to garner loyalty through command and punishment motifs.
It is propaganda designed to create loyalty to the clan.
Non of the religions of antiquity have anything to do with modern western pluralism. They reflect the social norms and beliefs of the age they were written in.
