도스토예프스키의 신성(神性) 숭앙주의

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성품(性), 마음(心), 몸(身)


성(性)=양심=천(天)=본(本)=신(神)
심(心)=마음=인(人)=부(附)
신(身)=욕망=지(地)=물(物)=정(情)

This question comes from Dostoyevsky:

"If it was proved to you mathematically that the Truth was outside Christ, would you prefer to remain with Christ outside the Truth?"



It was a statement, not a question.


If anyone could prove to me that Christ is outside the truth, and if the truth really did exclude Christ, I should prefer to stay with Christ and not with truth.


"In all my contacts with the nonChristian world, I have noticed again and again their amazement at the face-to-face fact that for us the truth is not an idea, a theory, or a dogma, but the truth is a Person.... We don't often see the importance of this, but nonChristians see this as the remarkable, unique thing about Christianity."

Jacques Ellul, World Christian, February 1989 – Discipleship Journal 9, no. 4 (July-August)


“Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’” (John 14:6 NLT)


Truth is not a principle. Truth is a person: Jesus Christ.

One of the clearest and best-known statements by Jesus is “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me” (John 14:6 NLT).

Notice Jesus says, “I am the truth ...” He doesn’t say truth is a religion or a ritual or a set of rules and regulations. He says “I.” Truth is a person.

This is what separates Jesus Christ from every other leader of every other faith. Other leaders have said, “I’m looking for the truth” or “I’m teaching the truth” or “I point to the truth” or “I’m a prophet of truth.” Jesus comes and says, “I am the truth.”

A lot of people say, “I think Jesus was just a great teacher.” But he couldn’t be just that. No great teacher would claim to be God if he wasn’t. Either Jesus is conning 2.3 billion people who believe a lie, or he was nuts — or Jesus is who he said he was.

Everybody’s betting his or her life on something. I’m betting my life that Jesus is who he said he was.





“If someone proved to me that Christ is outside the truth and that in reality the truth were outside of Christ, then I should prefer to remain with Christ rather than with the truth.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky



This quote from Fyodor Dostoevsky means that for him, faith in Christ is more important than the abstract concept of truth. He is saying that if he had to choose between a "truth" that excluded Christ and Christ himself, he would choose Christ, even if it meant rejecting a definition of truth that was different from his understanding.
Emphasis on faith: The quote is a statement of profound personal faith and loyalty to Jesus Christ.
Rejection of intellectualism: It rejects a purely logical or intellectual approach to faith, suggesting that love and devotion to Christ are paramount, even in a hypothetical scenario where they conflict with an objective "truth".
Alternative definition of "truth": Dostoevsky seems to equate the truth with Christ's teachings and his person. Therefore, to prove Christ is "outside the truth" would mean that the very foundation of truth he believes in is false.
A thought experiment: This is a hypothetical and extreme scenario designed to test the depth of one's commitment. It's not a literal argument against the existence of truth, but a powerful way to express that his commitment to Christ supersedes all other considerations, including what the world might call "truth".