“Jim, you must not be a Christian.”
“Jim, you must no longer be a Christian. Do you even believe in Jesus?”
“Joe, the significance I place upon Jesus for myself is exponentially greater that any time moment of my life, including the days when I was the Senior Pastor of a thriving Christian church. I do believe in Jesus, but not the traditions of men that were established in his name.”
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Contrary to popular belief Jesus did NOT:
Start the Christian religion
See human beings as “sinners”
Die in order to rescue people from God
Establish a spiritual hierarchy of “clergy” and “laity”
Create a theological orthodoxy about God
Write or read the New Testament
Advocate the hatred, diminshment or maltreatment of another human being for any reason
Teach that women were subservient to men
Deny the image of God in any human being
Believe that humankind was separated from God
I wrote two posts to clarify the ways Jesus is often misrepresented by the religion that bears his name:
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