{"id":57,"date":"2009-03-16T15:29:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T15:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/03\/who-is-jesus.html"},"modified":"2009-03-16T15:29:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T15:29:56","slug":"who-is-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/03\/who-is-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Jesus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things that I love most about this blog is wide variety of people from different faith and life perspectives it tends to attract. Christians (Catholic and Protestant), Jews, Buddhists, atheists, agnostics and the deconverted swing by to share their thoughts on faith and life. Some are single, others married, some heterosexual and others gay. Black, white, Asian, Latino – I love that we can come together and discuss our similarities and differences peacefully – whether we agree on things or not.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It is into this mixed bag of histories, personalities and faith perspectives that I would like to pose a simple two-part question.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Who do you think Jesus is and where did you get that impression? \u00a0<\/div>\n
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Is He a preacher? A teacher? God? A myth? \u00a0<\/div>\n
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I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this…<\/div>\n
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