Well, in terms of the question's scope, we must accept that all the possible responses are "real". Otherwise, since Yags includes himself in every response, he would be the only valid choice in nearly all the questions.
Since we accept that, within the scope of the question - all the choices are "real" and that they have all the powers ascribed to them; then Jesus is, for the purposes of this question, the Son of God, and through him and only through him can you escape eternal torment. If we accepted the choices as "real" and didn't accept the reality of all the powers ascribed to them, the poll would be a confused mess. By "Harry Potter" do we mean an orphan who goes to a weird school but has no powers? By "Optimus Prime" do we mean a truck that turns into a robot, but isn't self-willed and not the leader of a society of similar beings? By "Jesus" do we mean a Jewish revolutionary with delusions of grandeur?
I give credit to Yags for having the common sense to make his question as easy as possible. When he puts the Easter Bunny as a possible response, implicit in the premise is "Assuming the Easter Bunny really exists".
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Date: 2009-06-30 05:40 pm (UTC)Since we accept that, within the scope of the question - all the choices are "real" and that they have all the powers ascribed to them; then Jesus is, for the purposes of this question, the Son of God, and through him and only through him can you escape eternal torment. If we accepted the choices as "real" and didn't accept the reality of all the powers ascribed to them, the poll would be a confused mess. By "Harry Potter" do we mean an orphan who goes to a weird school but has no powers? By "Optimus Prime" do we mean a truck that turns into a robot, but isn't self-willed and not the leader of a society of similar beings? By "Jesus" do we mean a Jewish revolutionary with delusions of grandeur?
I give credit to Yags for having the common sense to make his question as easy as possible. When he puts the Easter Bunny as a possible response, implicit in the premise is "Assuming the Easter Bunny really exists".