Ah I see your point FD

I guess I am saying one can have doubts about the exact nature of Jesus, but that does not mean the same person cannot believe in God or that the life of Jesus was not profound in itself or that His teachings are somehow unworthy....and as a consequence live by Christian ideals and practice Christianity

Some (well officially a number of Christian "sects") would agree with you and say that is not good enough and stick to a literal interpretation that faith alone is of consequence so..."yes you live by Christian ideals, yes you are a good and just person...but no you cannot be a Christian because you lack faith or have some doubt, hence salvation is lost to you."

If that is so, Torquemada is in Heaven and all non Christian major religious figures and their followers are destined for Hell. This is simply not something I can accept

Unless you want to make another post, let's let this go...unless Couch or Everett or someone who understands Chritianity better than I do want to add something




If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop