"Christianity is perhaps the only world religion that believes that God became flesh. We should think that if there is any religion that has a positive attitude towards the body, it can only be Christianity. (...) Because obviously the material world is the place to meet the divine. And yet it is a scandal; and even disappointed us that this might be so. We would much rather go to heaven than see God incarnate.
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Christianity is perhaps the only world religion that believes that God became flesh. We should think that if there is any religion that has a positive attitude towards the body, it can only be Christianity. (...) Because obviously the material world is the place to meet the divine. And yet it is a scandal; and even disappointed us that this might be so. We would much rather go to heaven than see God incarnate.
""A kereszténység talán az egyetlen világvallás, amely hiszi, hogy Isten testté lett. Azt kellene gondolnunk, hogy ha egyáltalán van vallás, amely pozitív módon viszonyul a testhez, akkor az csak a kereszténység lehet. (...) Mert nyilvánvalóan az anyagi világ az istenivel való találkozás helye. És mégis botrány ez; és még csalódást is okozott nekünk, hogy ez esetleg így lehet. Sokkal inkább felmennénk a mennybe, mintsem hogy Isten megtestesüljön."