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Hello, I'm new here and 'tis my first post =)
If you ever get your hands on History of God by Karen Armstrong, do read it. It's about the 3 major monotheist religions and traces their origins and the development of religious thought. There are some references to other religions like Hinduism and Buddhism but she doesn't go into details (since she wants to concentrate on Judaism, Christianity and Islam).
In it, she tells that Jesus never claimed to be any kind of god. It was only later on that people put him on that pedestal. That's why Jews and Muslims find it rather blasphemous that Christians would believe such a thing. The definition of "God" changes through time but ultimately is humans wrestling with just "What is God?" means.
[Note: I'm not a particularly religous person, I can't really say I accept any of the religion or the one I kinda grew up with. ^_^;; But I do want to know what all the fuss about God & various other deities is all about. So I pick up books on religion from time to time...]
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