incarnation

‘It is not possible for Jesus to be both God and man

ATHIESTS: AGREE

• can’t be fully man and fully human = not logic

• God doesn’t exists → miracles = hoax

• WEAK = incarnation = mystery and beyond human understanding

JEWS: AGREE

• God = one and beyond human understanding. God not human. Being God and human = no more oneness

• belief one indivisible God = Shema → central prayer

• non-corporeality → 13 principles of faith. no physical body

• STRONG: monotheistic religion, 10C,

CATHOLICS: DISAGREE

• In the gospels Jesus has the power to forgive sins which only God.

• Nicene Creed → said every Sunday expresses belief in the two natures of Jesus; teaching that he is “God from God” and includes how he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit

• John 1: jesus gave life and the world was made through Jesus though not everyone agree ‘through him, all things were made’ → those who did were rewarded becoming children of God.

CATHOLICS: DISAGREE

• CCC: ‘the trinity is one, we do not confess 3 Gods, one God in three persons’ → they don’t worship 3 God

• Kenosis Hymn → how Jesus emptied himself of his divinity – “did not cling to His divinity”;

• STRONG:

  → necessary for Jesus to be both God and Man as without the incarnation Christians cannot be saved

  → to mend the relationship between God and humanity. t

  → the New Adam; declaring “I am the way, the truth and the life”

“Jesus was nothing more than a good man”

JEWS: AGREE

• non-corporeality → 13 principles of faith. no physical body

• accept the historical figure of Jesus; viewing him as a rabbinic Jewish teacher

• belief one indivisible God = Shema → central prayer

• no pictures or statues in synagogues

• STRONG: follow monotheism to definition. odd for them to make expectation for one person

ATHIESTS: AGREE

• can’t be fully man and fully human = not logic

• God doesn’t exists → miracles = hoax

• “bytes and bytes of digital information” (Richard Dawkins)

• WEAK: incarnation = mystery

CATHOLICS: DISAGREE

• In the gospels Jesus has the power to forgive sins which only God.

• Nicene Creed → said every Sunday expresses belief in the two natures of Jesus; teaching that he is “God from God” and includes how he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit

• John 1: jesus gave life and the world was made through Jesus though not everyone agree ‘through him, all things were made’ → those who did were rewarded becoming children of God.

CATHOLICS: DISAGREE

• CCC: ‘the trinity is one, we do not confess 3 Gods, one God in three persons’ → they don’t worship 3 God

• Kenosis Hymn → how Jesus emptied himself of his divinity – “did not cling to His divinity”;

• STRONG:

  → necessary for Jesus to be both God and Man as without the incarnation Christians cannot be saved

  → to mend the relationship between God and humanity.

  → the New Adam; declaring “I am the way, the truth and the life”

MCA:

• Catholic as Gospels mentions miracles that no other human has done. Biggest religion started to follow him and his teachings so there must to be truth to his divinity