[GLDNGUN]

I'm not pretending at all. As I said, up until recently I believed there was a Jesus of Nazareth. I'm not so sure now. At any rate, he was not god.

Well, denying reality IS "pretending". Christ did claim He was God, so if He wasn't, then He was a liar or simply crazy.

Off course, healing sick people, casting out demons, and being raised from the dead is a little tough for ordinary liars and crack pots to pull off.

[gcruse]

"Christ did claim He was God"

I thought the closest he came was, "You say that I am."
Jesus preached the Kingdom during their lifetime, what we got was the church.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Christ did claim He was God

I "son of God" equals God, then aren't Christians making themselves equal with God?

1 John 3:1-2 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Well, denying reality IS "pretending". Christ did claim He was God, so if He wasn't, then He was a liar or simply crazy.

Those arent the only choices. What of embellishments of proto-orthodoxy?