When people say, “the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001,” we have to say “No, the world changed on 33 A.D.” The question is how to narrate what happened on Sept. 11 in light of what happened in 33 A.D.
—Stanley Hauerwas
While I have a great deal of respect for Stanley Hauerwas, there are many different ways to interpret the crucifixion, and not all of them require some sort of ontological change in the universe. The third-century Christian theologian Origen, for example, saw the incarnation as leading to a crucial change in how we as humans understand our relationship to God, but not as something that fundamentally altered the reality of our existence.
Plus, if you actually say that, you kinda sound like a jerk.
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