Thursday, July 19, 2018

The Many Different Types Of Christ

By Barbara Collins


The thing about human beings is that they are capable of abstract thought. As such, they are to look up that night sky and see a sliver of the universe. They can wonder about their place in it. Which leads to them wondering if there was someone or something out there that created all of it, that put the pieces of the puzzle called creation together, or if someone created the pieces at all. There are so many ways to interpret such questions, which can lead to the many types of Christ.

Religion is a set of spiritual beliefs. It involves organized worship. It also involves a set of beliefs that people are generally expected to follow in their daily lives.

Christianity is a religion that can outline its roots to Judaism. This particular religion can trace its origins back to what is currently what the world now calls the Middle East. The main message of it is love and forgiveness, about forgiving and loving each other.

Now, there are so many people worship, and so many reasons that their interpretations of the gospels they believe in all differ. Some people see their founder in many different ways, so many different points of view to look at one single person. This person is put on a pedestal, whether rightly so or not.

The title of Christ means the anointed one. This means that the individual with the title is seen as the chosen one, the one to redeem all the sins of man. Indeed, this is one of the central tenets of Christianity, that the crucified carpenter, in allowing the crucifixion to happen in the first place, that all the sins of humanity up to that point were then forgiven.

One of the most common aspects of the Christ was as the redeemer. In this capacity, Christians believe their founder cleansed all the sins of humanity when the crucifixion happened. In fact, many followers believe that the crucifixion itself was the reason that the forgiveness happened.

Now, of course, there is a belief that the carpenter was divine, that they were the actual son of a supreme being. Which leans into the belief of the carpenter being a king. While other religions may venerate the carpenter to some degree, this aspect is what is most controversial, as the other faiths, especially those that worship the same creator, disagree on whether or not the founder of Christianity really had a sliver of divinity at all.

Now comes the part of the prophet. This is that aspect that every other faith can get behind, because this is not a role in which divinity has to be established. Anyone can be a prophet, and the carpenter was seen as one of the best, even in other faiths, with the message of love and forgiveness being fairly universal regardless of spiritual beliefs.

Mileage is going to vary. In the same vein that not every car is going to have the same gas mileage, the gospels are not going to affect the listeners in the exact same way. Which is why it is best to look into the different points of view.




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