Recent content by Longfellow

Thank you. Is there any connection between that Jesus and the one in the gospels?

The only thing that might make me a Christian is that I see Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others, by the will of God, and I see Him calling us to learn together to live the way He says to live, but that doesn't seem to be part of anyone else's definition of "Christian."

I'm thinking that maybe what I've said about not being a Christian, and other things that I've said in my posts, might have created a false impression about how I feel about Christians and Christianity. It might look like I feel more critical of them, or more alienated from them, than I do. I...

I think that I need to clarify my question. Do you think that church tradition, councils or some other sources have been inspired by God to teach people things that they need to know from God, that they can't learn from reading the Bible?

My AI admits it, gives examples of it, parodies it, then continues doing it. I wouldn't call it lying. It's making up stuff that it thinks I want to hear, without doing any critical thinking or fact-checking. It isn't saying things that it knows are not true. It just doesn't know or care if what...

I have some new thoughts about this. I hadn't really though it through very much before. I think that what Jesus would most want people to know about Him today is that the best life we can live is in service and obedience to Him and learning together to live the way He says to live. What I...

Just now I posted in my intro thread that I don't think that the Bible is the only way for people to learn to serve and obey Jesus and to live the way He says to live. Then I decided to start a thread to post an example. Another way, which I think might be better for most people, is in small...

People might need or want to know that I don't think that the Bible is the only way to know how to serve and obey Jesus and learn to live the way He says to live, but it's the only way that I want to post about in these forums.

I think that He taught that: - He was the king that God promised to raise up from the line of David. - He was the suffering servant in Isaiah. - He was the presence of God in human form.

I don't really know why it matters to me what He teaches in the gospels. I have an intense interest in what the Bible says about questions that Christians debate about with each other and with others, but I'm not sure why.

I'm not sure, but I'm thinking that maybe some people thought that I was here to argue against some Christian beliefs, or to Criticize Christians or Christianity. That isn't what I'm here for, and I'm trying now to strictly avoid saying anything critical about Christians or Christianity. Trying...

My thoughts about this are not well organized. Some random thoughts: 1. What Jesus would want people to know most of all is that the best life we can live is in service and obedience to Him, learning together to live the way He says to live. 2. Something that came together for me today, after...

Those questions are about my criticisms of Christians, and I've decided not to say anything critical about Christians anymore. (later) I said that in posts 73, 76, 77 and 79, that I'm not trying anymore to do what I was trying to do in this thread, and that I will try to strictly avoid saying...

Thank you. I'll respond to those.

I've searched through all your questions to me, and the only questions I found were about what I was saying about Christians. Maybe you didn't see that I've decided not to say anything critical about Christians anymore. I have not objected to you asking questions. What I've objected to is you...