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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...

Thank you. What I'm wondering about is, do people think that apart from the Bible, do people think that God has revealed knowledge to others after that, not only for them personally, but for all people? That might seem false almost by definition, but it seems to me to be implied for example in...

Do you have a question that you think I have not answered? If so, what is it? This is starting to feel like harassment and gaslighting to me. I just looked up "gaslighting," and what you're doing here seems to me to fit that description perfectly. (later) I don't mean that you're doing it...

If I'm understanding correctly, Orthodox churches teach that some teachings of Jesus that are not in the gospels were passed down from the apostles, to be revealed later.

Do you think that the authors of the epistles and the Apocalypse, and/or some other authors and councils, were inspired by God with teachings that were not taught by Jesus? I don't mean contradicting what He taught. I mean, not included in what He taught. Do you think that Jesus left some things...

This is not only for Christians, or even for followers of Abrahamic religions. Other people might have opinions about what Jesus taught and why it matters now. For some people, what he taught might be "nothing" because they don't believe that there ever was such a person as the one in the...

I'm dying of curiosity to know what your question was.

I've thought about it some more, and I've decided that for now I'm willing to keep answering the same question over and over again, as many times as anyone wants me to. Why not? What I think that Jesus wants people to know most of all is that the best life anyone can live is in service and...

There's a discussion going on in another thread, about the word "God" when it is applied to Jesus. It looks to me like that same word is applied in the scriptures not only to the God of Israel but also sometimes to other divine beings. There are some terms that are used only for the God of...

The church lost its way as soon as the twelve started debating about who would be greatest in the kingdom.

I've never found anyone online or offline, who seems to feel or think the way I do about Jesus.

I don’t think that I understand what Jesus is in relation to God. I don’t think that anyone does. I don’t think that it’s possible for anyone to understand it. What we can try to understand is what He says to do about it, and then we can decide if we want to try to do that or not. I decided many...

Wow, I've been through quite an adventure in Bayesianland. I'm not sure how well I can explain what I learned, but I'll try.

Is there something that you think I can do about that? I'm not trying anymore to do what I was trying to do. If you'd like to know what I'm trying to do now, I can try to explain it.

Oh. I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about Jewish beliefs. When you say "early Judeo-Christian," how early is that? Before His ascension, or after?

Miriam: I remember the first evening I heard him speak. The sun had just dipped behind the hills, and the air smelled of bread and lake water. I had come to Capernaum to sell linen, but stayed to hear the man that some called "teacher.” He was sitting in Peter’s courtyard, surrounded by...

As I understand it, you aren't questioning at all the fact that the Jews believed in a Messiah and in something called "the Spirit of God." Right? Or even that the Messiah had a unique relationship with God. What I see you disagreeing with is the idea that they imagined the Spirit of God as a...

Are you thinking that they thought of the Spirit of God as a person? Are you thinking that they thought of the Messiah as God Himself? That they imagined God as being composed of three persons, God, His Spirit and the Messiah?