RE: Is there any core feature of christianity not found in other religions
February 23, 2014 at 8:37 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2014 at 8:51 pm by discipulus.)
(February 23, 2014 at 11:01 am)Esquilax Wrote:(February 23, 2014 at 10:21 am)discipulus Wrote: What I have said very plainly is that there is One Jesus of Nazareth who was called The Christ, the Son of the Living God by those who believed on Him. This man was the founder of Christianity. This is a historical fact that all but a few scholars agree upon and you can check any encyclopedia to verify this.
And would you say, then, that the core, important feature of Jesus being in that position was his name, or was it something else? Like, say, his messianic properties, which are not unique to christianity.
Because that's the question being asked, you know. And if your unique feature of christianity is "it has a dude named Jesus in it," then whoopee for you, that you had to go that specific and unimportant to find it.
I would say the unique feature of Christianity is its claim that Jesus of Nazareth rose bodily from the dead on the Sunday morning following His crucifixion under Pontius Pilate and was seen alive by several hundred people before He later ascended into heaven.
Another core feature is the doctrine of the "total depravity" of man. I do not think that exists in any other religion. Maybe I am wrong. If I am, please correct me.
