And, making use of maieutics, Luter Spinoza continues.
“The Gospels must be accepted as a whole, or not accepted at all. One cannot just accept one part: faith is not divisible. Those who do not accept them will be waiting for explanations on the origins of the Universe. Those who accept them, will accept miracles as an integral part of Christ’s life.
“Miracles, however, miracles above all, are the cause of bitter debates. One does not want to believe in phenomena that are simply technology for the contemporary man: surgical technology, medical technology, scientific technology.
“But if we think that Christ was a being, the Being, endowed with supernatural powers as the Creator of the Universe, then we should also ask ourselves why he did not interfere not only with his own death, but even before, with the history of his People, and freed them from Roman servitude. The theory of Free Will? Ruthless obstinacy of hostile forces in the Universe? Ancient biblical punishment for the prophesized sentence to the cross? Or, simply, couldn’t-care-less attitude?
“In reality, the only explanation is that Christ was a man from the future. A time traveler, alit by chance in Tiberius’ Galilee. Not a bad physician, if you will. A capable acrobat. An immortal being (why not?) waiting for the Mother Ship to come back and rescue him. A nature lover. A naturist and a naturologist. One that explains to us that miracles (mechanics, for the Greeks) are but man acting upon man’s environment. That science is not only the instrument of progress, but it is salvation. That science is the good material of creation. In favor of man, without doubt, but always above his life”.
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