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jesus christ
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syo
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yes, that is true about being the jewish messiah. but aren't his teachings heart warming about peace and love?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
syo
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you mean, why accept him? because of his teachings.and many christians are deeply moved because of his crucifixion for our sins.
syo
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that was then. but now? why deny him now?
syo
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you mean the way priests and christians present him? how we are taught about jesus? because you are right, he isn't presented well.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
He gets crucified over and over for things I feel he never intended. I like what he had to say. Many Hindu writers and teachers like what he had to say. Much of what he had to say is not entirely unlike what Buddha and Krishna said. I think they're more alike than unlike. They do pre-date him, but be that as it may, some truths are universal and timeless. They may be passed on, or realized at different times in different places, by individuals who were uninfluenced by any others.
Aldrnari
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I can only speak for myself...
Not worshiping Jesus as a god isn't denying him, it just isn't holding him up the way Christians do. I do still, as a former Christian, read the bible, and I still find wisdom in it from time to time. That said, now I also read the Zend Avesta, the Hávamál (and the sagas), local Salish Legends, and I plan on delving into the Vedas when I get the time. When I was a Christian, I was constantly told to constrict my views onto Jesus and to just ignore everything else. Never ask the big questions, or have any doubts.
Now, I see Christians I know terrified that non Christian family and friends will be tormented forever when they are cast into hell, that God is angry with America (and the world in general), how people are all so wicked and vile, and how he is going to end it all soon enough.
I can't help but remember Matthew 11:30, and wonder just how light that burden is, since it felt so heavy when it was on my own shoulders. Now that I haven't been carrying it, I feel happier than I ever had before, and actually free to pursue the things in my life that I have always had a passion for without any guilt.
That said, many of the Christian folks on this forum are great, and are open minded and honest people. Perhaps if I had been around similar people in my life, I wouldn't have been so burnt out on Christianity.
Not worshiping Jesus as a god isn't denying him, it just isn't holding him up the way Christians do. I do still, as a former Christian, read the bible, and I still find wisdom in it from time to time. That said, now I also read the Zend Avesta, the Hávamál (and the sagas), local Salish Legends, and I plan on delving into the Vedas when I get the time. When I was a Christian, I was constantly told to constrict my views onto Jesus and to just ignore everything else. Never ask the big questions, or have any doubts.
Now, I see Christians I know terrified that non Christian family and friends will be tormented forever when they are cast into hell, that God is angry with America (and the world in general), how people are all so wicked and vile, and how he is going to end it all soon enough.
I can't help but remember Matthew 11:30, and wonder just how light that burden is, since it felt so heavy when it was on my own shoulders. Now that I haven't been carrying it, I feel happier than I ever had before, and actually free to pursue the things in my life that I have always had a passion for without any guilt.
That said, many of the Christian folks on this forum are great, and are open minded and honest people. Perhaps if I had been around similar people in my life, I wouldn't have been so burnt out on Christianity.
Unveiled Artist
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syo
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his teachings. what about denying his teachings?
syo
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why fantasy? and understanding his teachings isn't impossible.
syo
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the difference is that jesus died for our sins.