- Apr 30, 2013
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Think about what you're saying. It doesn't actually make sense.
If you committed a crime in Iran, would you tell the Iranian judge who tried you that the trial was illegitimate because you were (I assume) a citizen of the USA?
If there was such a thing as a Martian, it would be quite capable, in principle, of judging a law case, assuming it had been through the correct training to understand our legal system. Haven't you ever seen Star Trek? Vulcans and humans may have their differences, but there are plenty of Vulcans in Starfleet.
Also, you haven't addressed what I think is the main point: we may not be able to understand God, but it seems that you are arguing here - correct me if I misunderstand you - that God had to become a human, because otherwise He would not be able to understand us.
Since God knows everything, by definition, that doesn't make sense.
In fairness to the Christian position, no, theologians don't usually say that God had to become a man to deal with humanity fairly or to understand human beings. However, theologians would say it was dignified to do so.
To give an example of what they mean by dignity, a soldier doesn't earn a medal for heroism in the sense of a strict legal requirement, but gets one nonetheless as a matter of dignity and recognition.
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