Re: Christ

Video gets cut off 2/3 of the way through, but OK; this is enough. Just say, he is indeed human, and the myth is that God assumes in him all that we humans can acknowledge as our own, every part of us, every cell of our flesh, that is, our being in the world, our belonging to the universe. All that is human is divinized in him, as the mystics say.

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[thomasmatus]

Well, the video got cut off at 2/3 of the way. But OK, this is enough. The point is, he is indeed human: the Word was made flesh and pitched his tent in our midst. And all that was assumed into this union of divinity and flesh is saved, is divinized, as the mystics say.

[LooksAeterna]

There isn't necessarily any contradiction between

"Christ only appeared to become human"

and

"Christ became as fully human - like us"

If one understands that we, too, only appear to be human, and that anything that comes and goes is an apperance and disappearance and not fundamental reality, it is the same.

In fact, to realize that this is just an appearance, it doesn't make us any less but more fully human. Yeshua was MORE fully human than we were - because he realized appearance as such.

[Israe5l]

We are just scared out of our witts to admit that we are physical but also divine.

It is scary when the God calls you to drop everything and do the divine thing. Nothing to back you up. Jesus Christ did exactly that.

[integralcatholic]

Merry Christmas Thomas, hope to see you soon in the new year. Always enjoy your posts. Been reading Ron Rolheiser's "The Holy Longing" where he makes the point that the Incarnation is not a one time event, "the word did not just become flesh and dwells among us- it became flesh and continues to dwell among us -- god takes flesh so that every home becomes a church, every child the Christ child, and all food and drink become a sacrament. God's many faces are now everywhere" Blessings George

[DEEPBLUEDTD]

Vsry well said..please see my video on christmas..I think it says in art form, what I think you are saying. please let me know if you agree. Thanks.

[crimthann86]

and the Word was made flesh.. Merry Christmas

[0ThouArtThat0]

Thank you for the response and clarification, Thomas. Merry Christmas to you, too. It seems you got cut off at the end there. YouTube has been doing that to me lately, as well. I fixed it by recording the video on my hard drive first and then uploading it.