Is it good enough to make right wing Christians finally pay attention to anything he did other than die? He may have died for our sins but he lived as an example of how we should try to live. Sometimes it seems to me they nail him to the cross again every Sunday morning to once again shut up his message of love, charity, humility and grace.
You and I agree on this quite a bit. Personally? I liked the "Buddy Christ" version that was proposed in the movie "Dogma". Why in the hell do they want to keep talking about His death, when talking about His life would be a lot more beneficial. But, then that would mean that they would actually have to be like Jesus, not saying they were forgiven because He died.
Maybe that is why Christians like to crucify anyone who doesn't agree in lockstep with them.
As far as chosen or not? I personally believe that nobody can be the reincarnation of Jesus, because according to Christians and their book, He died but was resurrected. If He was resurrected, then why in the world would anyone claim to be Him reincarnated? He is still alive, so reincarnation isn't required. Tell that to anyone who tells you that they are the Second Coming.
Me personally? While I don't think of myself as the Second Coming, I do however consider myself to be Jesus' little brother. Why? Because in the Bible, it clearly states that Adam and Eve started the whole human race, of which Jesus became a part of later when He was born, which means that He and I are related, and since He's older, that makes Him my big brother. Interestingly enough, National Geographic did a human genome project and showed it as a documentary called "The Human Family Tree", and took DNA from a lot of people on every continent and sequenced it. Guess what they found? They found that there actually IS a genetic "Adam", and a genetic "Eve". So, even science shows that we are all related somehow.
I just wish that we would all realize that and start acting accordingly.