08-17-2007, 01:26 PM
The satirical aspect was picked up by Dr. Elst.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The entry in Jerusalem is doubtlessly the result of increased excitement: psychically, Jesus is on fire. <b>For laymen as well as for theologians, there is something painful and absurd about this entry.</b> Isn�t the psychotic streak all too obvious here? <b>Hirsch calls the parade on the donkey �absurd and ridiculous� and Schweitzer too finds it painful. </b>It is only enacted to fulfill the Messiah prophecy, secretively and for the eye of his followers. <b> It may be sad or tragic-comical that the buffoon-king is making his entry this way. </b>Nowhere is the purposeless nature of psychotic activity more in evidence than in the entry in Jerusalem: his acts lack any logic. What does Jesus want? He is tossed this way and then that way. Worldly power? Yes and no. <b> Messiah claim? Yes and no. Defiance and death wish? Yes and no�</b>
Psychology of Prophetism
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The entry in Jerusalem is doubtlessly the result of increased excitement: psychically, Jesus is on fire. <b>For laymen as well as for theologians, there is something painful and absurd about this entry.</b> Isn�t the psychotic streak all too obvious here? <b>Hirsch calls the parade on the donkey �absurd and ridiculous� and Schweitzer too finds it painful. </b>It is only enacted to fulfill the Messiah prophecy, secretively and for the eye of his followers. <b> It may be sad or tragic-comical that the buffoon-king is making his entry this way. </b>Nowhere is the purposeless nature of psychotic activity more in evidence than in the entry in Jerusalem: his acts lack any logic. What does Jesus want? He is tossed this way and then that way. Worldly power? Yes and no. <b> Messiah claim? Yes and no. Defiance and death wish? Yes and no�</b>
Psychology of Prophetism
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->