Brief Brief
(3/18/11)
- Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:
- Apparently, back on Nisan 14 (April 2 & 3) of 3793 (33 CE), the Sanhedrin decided that
Jesus of Nazareth was a false Messiah and asked the Roman government
to have him executed. After a night of deliberation, the government
agreed to the request, and had Jesus crucified on the afternoon of Nisan
14.
- Acting as counsel for the crucified appellant, I will TRY TO SHOW
that Jesus was falsely accused, and actually WAS the prophesied Jewish
Messiah.
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To the analytically minded, the Jesus concept/story can appear rather foolish -- ridiculous even. If you're an analytic type, I urge you to take a closer look...
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In trying to keep an open mind, keep certain things in mind (I have a list)…
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Reality is probably not the deterministic machine that science would have us believe... "Johnny 5 is probably alive!"
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It turns out that the two hemispheres of the human brain have qualitatively different ways of thinking. One "analytic," one "holistic." Those of us who are dominated by our analytic hemispheres have little sense of what we others call "transcendence" -- and therefore, little ability to appreciate the "magic" involved in religion. In other words, it may be that atheists are not just smarter than the truly religious -- rather, they may simply be transcendence-blind, and simply cannot see the forest for the trees.
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If we carefully examine our situation, the existence of God, or a very reasonable facsimile thereof, seems altogether unavoidable -- even from an analytic point of view.
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And then, if we turn up the power of our microscope, immortality also seems unavoidable.
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And then -- prophecy is probably real. A lot of anecdotes -- and scientific research -- support it.
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And then, if God, immortality and prophecy are real, why not Jesus...
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And finally, the Jesus concept fits human nature like a glove...
- For more introductory stuff, click on the following:
XIII. Purpose (1/12/11)
XV.
Courtroom Procedures
To get on with the trial, click here.