Are you really saying that LOVE GOD and LOVE OTHERS AS YOURSELF are meaningless phrases without the backdrop of Judaism? The good things Jesus taught are universal and need no historical backdrop to make them valid.
We agree on that, but I would go a step further and note that the minor miracles also damage the story because they aren't believable. As you say, they don't add anything of real value.
Twaddle! The whole idea of salvation is a hoax used to control people. Each of us has a relationship with our Creator and no one needs anything but that. The concept of our being in dire peril is superstitious nonsense used to frighten people into obedience. There is not a single shred of evidence to demonstrate this wild claim, nothing but some words in a book.
Stop letting other people run your life, Nums! You have a relationship with your Creator and you can get everything you need directly from Him, you don't need intermediaries, or priests, or old books. Knock and the door shall be opened unto you, seek and ye shall find.
Not hardly, churches don't teach it, Christians don't practice it, you've never mentioned it even once without my bringing it up. In fact I've never heard a Christian speak about those two commandments unless I brought them up. They aren't posted on churches and Christians don't advocate them.
Why post to me then?
If someone I know can't forgive themselve I DON'T GO OUT AND CRUCIFY AN INNOCENT PERSON. Your argument is without basis, it's silly to think that nailing Jesus up made anybody--then or now--feel better about their sins. What a crock, do they teach that in your church? And you believe it?
No, not at all, but you are saying then that the Bible is wrong when it attributes the atrocities to God, HEY!, we agree on something. The Bible is blasphemous when it says that God did all those insane cruel things, He didn't, men did. All the more reason that those things should be taken out of the Bible and out of the story of Jesus because the stories are false.
If God is the epitome of love then He is beyond our comprehension, isn't He? Or are you claiming to be able to encompass the totality of God's Goodness?
