To be completely honest, at the time,
*blush*
I agreed with the claim, Jesus was telling people to be nice and the rest is less significant. But I've learned a lot, so far, in this thread....
Yes, i could have read it for myself. But this is interesting for me on 2 levels.
1) It gives me insight into the religion.
2) It gives me insight into each person who responds.
Both are fascinating to me. I am fascinated by religion. And I'm a people-person. I like people. I like learning about what each individual likes, what they don't like. What they like to read; what they like to eat. etc.
Also, it's true what
@usfan has been observing, many threads get created that point out the flaws in Christianity and Christians. I thought it would be nice to start a thread that gave an opportunity to discuss Jesus academically and philosophically.