10-29-2007, 06:55 PM
Quote:"You call me good. But, we know that only God is good. Therefore, by calling me good, you are saying that I am God. Correct?"
Hmm... That doesn't sounds very likely to me. Jesus wasn't anywhere close to being as blunt as that. Even if he meant that, the ruler couldn't have known what Jesus was trying to tell him. Furthermore, Jesus focuses on the commandments and not on the issue of his divinity.
You are supposed to extract beliefs from the Bible instead of interpreting the Bible to match your beliefs.
Anyways, I could be wrong. Do you have evidence to why he could have meant what you think he meant?