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Charles Clemens's avatar

While I am no atheist and I find comfort in the Beatitudes, the Bible was written by men over a period of centuries. Some believe that God is more cruel and evil than Satan because they believe that YHWH will torture people for eternity because of misunderstandings and mistakes.

I cannot help but wonder why Jesus, who was a Jewish rabbi for three years, would want a new religion based on himself created.

My favorite version of the story of Jesus is presented in the "Thomas Jefferson Bible".

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Ymarsakar's avatar

There are recent revealed text like law of one or a course in miracles to study.

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LDT's avatar

The bible is the inspired word of God, and Jesus the ‘Word of God’ made flesh (man). Jefferson cut out every reference to Jesus because he was a deist, not a Christian. He sought to make a God of his own design.

The Messiah came to set men free from the wages of sin, which is death. He was and is the perfect ‘lamb’ sacrificed ONCE for all who would believe and put their faith and trust in Him. Jesus, the Messiah, claimed that He and the Father were ONE, making himself EQUAL to God. He did not create a ‘new religion’, He fulfilled the Law and all the Prophets… in order to reconcile fallen man to a holy and righteous God.

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