To Xinmin: Many thanks for your reply, However,

送交者: normalman 2006年5月22日14:21:59 於 [彩虹之約]http://www.bbsland.com

I have to admit that your answers really blew my head off. I got more questions after finished your answers. Also please accept my apology for intentionally making your much busier.

1)
Is “Son of God also said that he and the Father are one” the only biblical proof that they are actually “one”? Could Jesus’ words mean a more general meaning of “one”? Like Normalman and his wife are one when facing others?

OF COURSE NOT. THERE ARE OTHER VERSES THAT JESUS SAID. FOR EXAMPLE, I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME. YOU SEE ME, THEN YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER. THAT "ONE" (GREEK WORD "HEN") IN JOHN 8 MEANS ONE IN NATURE, NOT ONE IN PERSON. I ACTUALLY DELETED THIS EXPLANATION IN THE ORIGINAL POST.

2) “Father begets the Son”. Does this mean that Jesus’ life is given by God and thus is inferior to God? Further, can God begets more sons?

GOOD QUESTION! WHOEVER BEGETS WHOMEVER MUST MEAN THE ESSENTIAL CO-SUBSTANCE IN NATURE. A DOG BEGETS A DOG, A MAN BEGETS MAN, GOD BEGETS GOD. GOD BEGETS ONE AND ONLY SON (JESUS CHRIST). IN THIS SENSE, GOD HAS ONLY ONE BEGOTTEN SON. BUT THE BIBLE ALSO TEACHES THAT WE ARE CHILDREN AND COHEIRS OF GOD, AND CHRIST IS OUR ELDER BROTHER. PUZZLED? NEED NOT BE. CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD WITH THE VERY NATURE OF GOD. WE ARE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD WITH THE DIVINE OR GODLY IMAGE, WE HAVE IMAGO DEI.

3) “Father and Son are eternally co-equal as one (one nature)”.
If the father begot the Son at a certain time, how can they be eternally equal? Maybe, we have to go back to the 4th dimension again? If God can reverse/travel in time, then eternality is not an issue any more for him.

WE HAVE TO FORGET TIME CONCEPT FOR A MOMENT WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS ISSUE. BEGETTING DOES NOT HAVE A CHRONOLOGICAL MEANING, BUT ONTOLOGICAL MEANING. I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS BIG WORD FIRST. ONTOLOGICAL, THE VERY NATURE AND REALITY.

4) “We ask that if the human society was created predominantly matrilineal, would the revelatory God use a different set of human language such as God the Mother and God the Daughter”
This confused me the most. Do you want to tell me that God is the creation of our human? If women have the power, they will make God a Goddess?

YOU CAN EXTEND THE CONCEPT THAT WAY. WE WILL HAVE TO SAY GODDESS THE MOTHER AND GODDESS THE DAUGHTER. OR PERHAPS, WE WILL BE FORCED TO SAY GOD THE MOTHER AND GOD THE DAUGHTER.

5) What is the important of the virginity of Mary? Does it matter? And is it important that Jesus’ earthly father was a righteous man and had some traceable honorable ancestors?

VIRGINITY SIMPLY MEANS THAT JESUS IS NOT AN ORDINARY MAN LIKE YOU AND ME. THE VERY NATURE OF HIS BIRHT FORESHADOWS OUR PERMISSIBLE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT JESUS. THE GENEOLOGY OF JESUS FROM ADAM TO JOSEPH AND MARRY SIMPLY FULFILLS THE PROPHECY ABOUT JESUS. AGAIN, WE SEE THE HAND OF GOD IN HUMAN REDEMPTIVE HISTORY.

DO NOT ASK ME FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS, FOR I DO NOT KNOW WHAT STYLE I WILL TYPE WITH.