sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Popeyesays said:The Holy Spirit is the rays of the sun, so to speak. The rays are not the SUN, however, If we bathed directly in the energy of the sun we would be consumed. But the rays of the sun at the proper distance do not.
Jesus WAS, physically, a human being or everything about Him is pointless. Jesus WAS the Perfect Mirror of God's Emanations, or everything about Him is pointless.
Regards,
Scott
I'll buy that. That's great! To say that Jesus was anything but completely human is heresy.
You are correct in saying that the Holy Spirit is not the Father ... nor is Jesus the Father. The function of the Holy Spirit is different from the Father. Jesus' function is different than the Father's.
But Jesus, at the same time, is also completely divine, or everything about him is pointless. In trinitarian theology, the concept of "God with us" is extremely important. It dissolves the disconnect between God and humanity. That's what brings reconciliation. God has broken in to the human story and become part of it. God takes our evilness and works God's will through that aspect of humanity, completely cleansing us.
I do have to say that I like aspects of the Baha'i ideas of divine wisdom. But I see it working in conjunction with Christian theology a little differently.