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Anyone who has heard of Jesus has an opinion of who He was. Some say He was just a good teacher. This option is not possible because of the fact that he claimed to be God and commanded things contrary to the times. Others claim that He was nothing more than an extraordinary prophet. This is disproved again by the fact that he claimed to be God and also that he encouraged others to believe that He was. No other true prophet would dare commit such blasphemy. This leaves us with three basic options. Jesus was either lying, crazy, or He was telling the truth that He really was and is God.

Lets begin by analyzing the facts in relation to the possibility that He was simply lying His whole life like many do today. First of all, Jesus has the complete opposite psychological profile of a pathological liar. Liars have certain consistent attributes such as lying to get what they want, or inability to speak with depth and truth. Jesus spoke truths that are still incomprehensible to their complete depth even to the deepest of theologians. He conveyed such truths through His teachings as it's the motive that matters, the action simply follows, and, love God with all you are and love your neighbor as yourself and you will do right. But the most tangible evidences that He wasn't lying are the great number of undeniable miracles He performed and also the resurrection.

Could he possibly then be a man who simply thought Himself to be God and belonged in the loony bin. The evidence is against it. First of all, Jesus was absolutely emotionally stable. People who are missing a few screws usually crack hard under pressure. Jesus endured a scourging, a beating, a trial or two, and crucifixion and remained in complete control of His self. Read the accounts in the gospels of Jesus last few hours and you will see that He was probably even more emotionally stable that most people. But aside from stability under pressure, He spoke with great clarity, power and eloquence with amazing insights into human nature. One example of this is when the Pharisees sent out the temple guards to arrest Jesus and they came back without Him saying, "No one ever spoke the way this man does" (John. 7:46). He amazed the guards to the point that they probably then believed that He was the messiah. Thirdly, Jesus backed up what He said. He claimed to be God and performed many miracles and did exactly as He said He would do, rise from the grave three days after His death. Fourthly, he didn't make people feel uncomfortable around Him at any time. People who are a few tacos short of a combo plate and aren't playing with a full deck (lights on but nobody's home routine) don't exactly have close friends. Usually those who like a train without a conductor make people feel nervous and anxious and even a little scared sometimes.

The final point of evidence against Jesus being mentally insane is by analyzing His life in comparison to the symptoms of divinity complex. Someone who has a divinity complex (who really thinks they're god or a god) is egotistical, narcissistic, self absorbed, and unable to relate to others. Jesus was that most humble, loving, caring, self-sacrificing man to have ever lived who helped thousands deal with real pain and real problems in their lives.

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