RE: Why is Jesus not a "madman"?
February 12, 2013 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2013 at 1:42 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(February 12, 2013 at 9:22 am)Zone Wrote: He would have been a madman if he literally claimed to be God and wasn't, but I'm not sure if he ever claimed that. Muslims don't think he did.
It seems to me that in modern social context, he would have been considered a nut case for any one of the other words and action attributed to him, besides the claim to be god.
All in all, he came across as a greasy, disturbed character with psychological complexes that would disqualify him for any number of modern employments with young and vulnerable people.
I think historic examples of people with similarly disaggreable personalities starting large and lasting cults is quite numerous. God to India and they are a dime a dozen. Of course each one of these cults think sgreasy self-aggrandizement and messianic complex is a totally bad thing, except where it was menifested by the guru at the origin of their own cult, where it is of course proof of the divine.
