According to some scholars like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Oduyoye Mercy Oduyoye], H. M. Vroom, and Noel Sheth, the common translation "[[incarnation]]" is somewhat misleading as the concept of an avatar corresponds more closely to the view of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism Docetism] in Christian theology, as different from the idea of God 'in the flesh' in [[mainstream]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christology Christology]. | According to some scholars like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Oduyoye Mercy Oduyoye], H. M. Vroom, and Noel Sheth, the common translation "[[incarnation]]" is somewhat misleading as the concept of an avatar corresponds more closely to the view of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism Docetism] in Christian theology, as different from the idea of God 'in the flesh' in [[mainstream]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christology Christology]. |