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In the last few years, I've spent a lot of time in a Trinity forum, watching debates between people defending and attacking Trinity beliefs. I'm posting my thoughts here, to see what happens. :D I don't say that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are persons. I say what they are not. The...

I'm not sure that everyone knows that "Christ" is from a Greek word meaning "anointed," that in the Old Testament "anointed one, Son of God" means a king of Israel, and that Jesus approved of Peter calling Him the anointed one, the Son of God. In my understanding, what made that important to...

I'm thinking that what Jesus wants for us is not for us to be Christians. What I think He wants for us is to be His disciples, and I think that there is a world of difference between Christians and disciples. I think that a person can be both at the same time, but that many and possibly most...

One of my disagreements with some Christian beliefs is that I don't think that Jesus paid a price that we owe, or took a punishment that we deserve, for our sins. I think that what we owe for our sins is repentance, and that we are forgiven as soon as we repent, or maybe even before. I have a...

I've posted in this forum before, but I'm introducing myself because I see myself in a different way from how I did then. I say that I'm not a Christian because I don't agree with the beliefs of any Christian denomination, but I recognize and accept Jesus as my lord and the Lord of God's...

These are some examples of my disagreements with other people about the teachings of Jesus. Currently I'm thinking that: - the gospel of Jesus is about His kingdom, not about any salvation doctrine of Christianity. - the kingdom of Jesus is here and now, whenever and wherever people are serving...

I’m wondering if anyone here would be interested in discussions about ways for people to learn to live the way Jesus says to live, if they want to. My first thought is to have friends who are also learning, and to study and practice with them sometimes. I used to feel critical of people...

Are there any communities of practice that put Jesus as lord at the center of their teachings, and not Jesus as savior? I don't mean denying that He is our savior, just not putting that at the center of their teachings. Their teachings and practice revolve around recognizing and accepting Jesus...

(edited) Sorry, maybe I should have posted this in the History and Mythology forum. I don't know how to move it or delete it, to post it in that forum. (end edit) I've been in some discussions in another forum with some people who believe that the gospel stories are pure fiction, and not based...

I think that Hal David and Jackie deShannon nailed it: It's also not just anything that anyone calls "love." It's an attitude and a kind of behavior towards all of nature including all people everywhere, which includes caring deeply what happens to them and wishing the best for them, without...

Even though this is about the Jesus in the gospels of the Christian bible, I'm posting it here because it's a non Christian or maybe even an anti-Christian view. What I see Jesus promoting in the Bible gospels is not a gospel of salvation. He himself calls it "gospel of the kingdom," not "gospel...

Most of my life I've accepted what I thought was the view of most historians, that the gospel of Mark was first written some time after 70 CE. In the last week or two, I found out that there are reasons for dating Mark earlier than 60 CE, and the only reason that I've been able to find for...

The path that I'm currently following includes following a spiritual teacher within a worldwide community of practice. The teacher that I've chosen is the Baha'i prophet Baha'u'llah, and my community of practice is the community of people recognized as members by the Baha'i Universal House of...

I’m interested in what people think of Crossan’s theory. I like the idea of the gospels being parables about Jesus, but I’m thinking that maybe those stories originally came from a spiritual teacher during the prefecture of Pontius Pilate, telling those stories about himself, along with the...

I’m just copying and pasting what I wrote in my profile, because I don’t know what else to say about me. I don't believe in the reality or existence of any god or gods, but I'm not crusading against god beliefs, or any other beliefs. I think that religious beliefs and some other kinds of...