Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 9
The Sonship of Jesus Christ 9 unknown to man of that period; it is not fully known to man even today. But science is advancing in that direction and more is being understood. A time may therefore come, when no one will be able to claim that the birth of Jesus as was unnatural. They would have to agree that it was a natural but rare occurrence, so rare that it seldom occurs in human experience. Jesus, the Son of God? There are many other problems with the Christian understanding of Jesus as , his nature and his relationship with God. From further critical and analytical study of Christian doctrine what emerges is that there is a ‘Son of God’ who possesses the characteristics of a perfect man and also those of a perfect God. However, remember that even according to Christian doctrine the Father is not exactly like the ‘Son’. The Father God is a perfect God and not a perfect man, while the ‘Son’ is both a perfect man and a perfect god. In that case these are two separate personalities with different charac- teristics. It should be realised that these characteristics are not transfer- able. There are characters in certain substances which are transfer- able. For instance, water can become snow and also vapour, without causing a change in the substance or composition of water. But the differences in the characteristics of God and Christ as , where certain characteristics are added to one of them, are irreconcilable. It is not possible for one of them to go through this transformation and still remain indistinguishable from the