This post from Brandon on Benedict (a.k.a. Baruch) Spinoza’s views on the person of Jesus is really interesting. I spent a lot of time as an undergrad reading Spinoza and even considered myself a “Spinozist” of sorts for a while. It served as a stepping stone from atheism to theism.
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal
2 responses to “Spinoza on Christ”
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Very interesting post indeed. What is also curious is that Spinoza uses “Christ”, which as my pastor/prof always reminds me, is not Jesus’ last name.
A significant section of my MA thesis is on Hegel’s Absolute which he inherits from Spinoza and Schelling. Check out this quotation from Hegel which is really interesting as well: “When one begins to philosophize one must be first a Spinozist. The soul must bathe itself in the aether of this single substance, in which everything one has held for true is submerged.”
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see SPINOZA Chemistry, Christ & Salvation on Kindle and Amazon….
A Thinking Reed 
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