See? This is what confuses and even annoys me about your beliefs. Of course they are personal and are yours alone...but how you can claim to be a Christian when the very Christ on whom the name is based is said by you to be a human creation?
And then you have the gall to ask other Christians how they know that Jesus lives, or the Holy Spirit lives, or the God we market lives. Sad at best and Scary at worst.
The way that I can and will answer that is based on what I make of myself the next few years. And yes, I agree with you now that Christianity is measured by what we do rather than simply what we believe.
I always ask you what about the apologists. Granted you have opened my eyes as to the many instances of fantasy based thinking, dishonesty, and willful ignorance within Biblical Christianity.
But you dont see God the way I see God. Which is OK...hey, to each his own. But the way you describe Jesus is troubling. How you can wear the badge that says Christian is only because of your empathy and critical thinking skills, coupled with your inclusive (as opposed to exclusive) belief system. The Left Christians may take you. I still see you as more of a humanist, however. I see myself as all in regarding the living Christ. Now, my main challenge is to show ringo that understand and do what the good book says. Or to show Jesus. Or to show myself.
Edited by Phat, : No reason given.
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain "
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“…far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.”- Dr.John Lennox
“The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.”
- Criss Jami, Killo
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him.” — Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
(1894).