Lets say Jesus Christ was on earth today ,he went to school and became a nurse,and had the same attitude towards life that he ,apparently had 2000 years ago.
Would he be employable? Or would he make such a fuss when he saw the cost cutting at patients expense and the injustice of the health care system and the discrepancy of care bet/ those with money vs those without,that he would simply not be employable.
And for those christian nurses out there who try to follow his example in attitude and practice,Im one of them,do you find yourself making compromises between your efforts to follow Jesus' example in your daily life and the need to survive and be employable?
Jesus was a human being,not a God,this is historically proven,and resurrected by God,which is an act of trust,because he did Gods will. I dont believe the miracle stories,what critical mind in the 21st century could? As a nurse jesus would love God by serving his fellow man to the best of his ability,which many of us do now. He would do the best job he could,get tired,make mistakes and be human,like many of us do now. When Jesus lived on earth he was not afraid to speak his mind,he told the truth as he saw it,which stired things up and got him crucified. Jesus as a nurse today would speak the truth about the injustice of the health care system,critize if there was unjust management ,stir things up and get fired.He got crucified and hed get fired.
Just think of how much medical science alone has discovered in the last 100 years.
The advance is astounding! Who can keep pace? Unthinkable knowledge, techniques, labs, medications, procedures, understanding is common-place now that would have been labeled one insane or a witch or mad inventor in the recent past.
Jesus is human and divine. He is able to retain His divinity while being human. His miracles are the natural workings of the cosmic laws, with His Father's blessings, for one who has risen to the heights of the image of the Lord inherent in the human potential. They seem miracles to us, just as MRIs would be miracles to a person 100 years ago.
The true miracle is that with all the power of heaven in Him, He remained sweet, humble, steadfast to God's will, and did not let the lures of worldly power ensnare him. Jesus is truly a Master!
We don't think he'd be fired because he'd never get hired. One look at him and all the suits would running screaming to the risk managers and lawyers.
Just imagine the pandemonium if Jesus were to walk into a hospital today. He is of real authority and real conscience and strong actions in tune with His Father. People in their evil ways and corruption would not be able to handle His direct Light!
To stay somewhat on subject....if Jesus would come to earth today (as a nurse, doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, etc.) would you believe him to be god?
I think it was in Dostoevsky's "Brother's Karamazov" in a chapter entitiled "The Grand Inquisitor" that Jesus comes to earth but no one believes he's god. Only the Grand Inquisitor (you've heard of the Spanish Inquisition....where if you weren't a believer you were tortured, killed, etc.) knows he is god, but tells him to go back to heaven because no one would believe him even if he rose from the dead.
So, my question is....Jesus comes to earth...do you believe the person calling himself Jesus is god or not?
I think Jesus would be highly useful in a health care setting. Just think, he would cut costs. If Jesus were on the job he could just go around healing people, without meds, machines, docs...etc. He would just have to lay His hands on them. So I think Jesus would not only make it, but he would be SUPER NURSE.
Gomer,Jesus was not God and is not God. He never refered to himself as God,although much is made of the book of "John",a very late addition to the NT,to interpret him as divine.
I dont know about Brothers Karamazov but as a christian I will not sacrifice my rationality for my religion and to believe Jesus was a God,is a God,would be doing that. We need not give up being critical to be christian,or religious,or spiritual or whatever you want to call belief in a transcendent reality,the experience of that reality and the consequent behavior issuing from that experience of the ultimate.
Maybe it is a secular thing, but I thought Christianity was based on two essential things:
1. The belief that Christ rose from the dead
2. The holy trinity: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, being all the same.
I fully understand that I could be getting this all confused having studied the catechism but raised Baptist and getting all my Old Testament knowledge from the rabbi across the street.
being a Christian,Christianity, is not about belief in dogma,creed or catechism[sp?] of the church. Being a christian is about believing that the historical person Jesus was resurrected by God,faith,and that by following Jesus example ,we too have hope of eternal life,a hope that can provide life ultimate meaning no matter what fate may befall us.
The holy trinity was explained to me,waaaay back when I was in of all things a christian college. I was told that it was like an egg that as in an egg there is the yolk, the white and the shell three separate things but still one. Now that talk about Jesus raising the dead, I am not sure that would be within his scope of practice. He may just loose his license and have to return to carpentry;) deb
being a Christian,Christianity, is not about belief in dogma,creed or catechism[sp?] of the church. Being a christian is about believing that the historical person Jesus was resurrected by God,faith,and that by following Jesus example ,we too have hope of eternal life,a hope that can provide life ultimate meaning no matter what fate may befall us.
No, no, I'm talking about the basis of which Christianity is founded upon. Isn't it founded on the belief that Christ rose from the dead and the Holy Trinity? That's my question. Because I thought belief in the Holy Trinity states that Jesus Christ, God and the Holy Spirit are one and the same.
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Since I started this,heres what I think.
Jesus was a human being,not a God,this is historically proven,and resurrected by God,which is an act of trust,because he did Gods will. I dont believe the miracle stories,what critical mind in the 21st century could? As a nurse jesus would love God by serving his fellow man to the best of his ability,which many of us do now. He would do the best job he could,get tired,make mistakes and be human,like many of us do now. When Jesus lived on earth he was not afraid to speak his mind,he told the truth as he saw it,which stired things up and got him crucified. Jesus as a nurse today would speak the truth about the injustice of the health care system,critize if there was unjust management ,stir things up and get fired.He got crucified and hed get fired.
How else could it go?