On a thread concerning property issues, Ann Fontaine made this throwaway comment at the end of a screed about something or other:

I seem to remember Jesus getting a bit more vocal and physical—not just sitting quietly and humbly in his “place”

Ann

To which a Mr. Gareth Arden replied:

But, my friend, Jesus was God.

Gareth S. Aden

Not to let so insolent a statement go unanswered, a priest by the name of Ernest Cockrell replied:

Jesus was not God, Gareth.

He was a human being on earth with a mind limited to the worldview of his
time.

The synoptic gospels are theologized histories with the meaning written in;the Gospel of John was an historicized theology.

It was a different time, different world view.

I see God through Jesus, but to say he was God is something Jesus - as a faithful Jewish man - would have heartily rejected.

All the I AM statements in John were the beliefs of the early Church, not Jesus’ words.

Your claim answers nothing; just exposes ignorance, and a pathetic, simplistic, interpretation of scripture.

Time to get real here, both historically and theologically - and to differentiate between the two.

Ernest W. Cockrell+
El Camino Real

There’s no Real like El Camino Real, I guess.