(January 21, 2013 at 12:25 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: If you think of Jesus as definition number 1 he just taught what he regarded as God's will. It was then up to people to follow the teachings or reject them because God is supposed to have given humans free will. In this sense he was successful because he managed to give a lot of people the message he thought he had to pass on before his death.
Fair enough but what does the adjective "great" mean?
If all you have to do is deliver a message, there is no qualitative assessment, especially relative to anyone else in the field. You either did or you didn't.
It's like being a "great breather". I did a "great" job walking across the room to my computer just now. Look, I'm about to do a "great" job hitting the "post" button...
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
