I have a bad feeling that this thread is not going to end well.
I don't have a "personal relationship" with Jesus. I think he was a great man and a great mind and one of the greatest moralists/minds in human history. That said, the stories about him have passed through so many hands and through so much political purpose, that at this point it's often hard to determine exactly how much of what's in the Gospel that we have today actually came from Jesus' mouth. That said, the very core of his philosophies are probably his own (i'm being optimistic), and they are good and well-intentioned. Though impossible, if the whole world lived by his ideas, the world would be a great place.
That said, I do not believe that Jesus is an aspect of God, nor do I believe him to be the literal son of God. I do believe in God, but I think statement's about Christ's relation to God is either purely metaphorical or purely hyperbole. I do not believe that Christ came back from the dead and floated into the clouds. I do believe that it is, like much of the Bible, metaphor. I won't go into detail as to what I believe those metaphors to be, but certainly, each of us is free to have our own interpretation of them.
Frankly, my personal relationship with God is a lot more interesting than my personal relationship to Jesus, which frankly is only slight more than my personal relationship with other great moralists, like Kant or Mill. As far as God goes, it truly is "personal": I do not believe in any church whatsoever. I find the whole idea and the whole reverence of the church to be insupportable. That said, if you believe in the Church, that's your right...I just can't make myself believe in any Church, nor do I want to. Religion becomes a lot less "personal" when it is "organized." I will do higher powers proud as best I can, not how others tell me to.
Paladin_King
Not to lead away from the point but....How can Jesus's words be affected by politics if they hated Him?
A personal relationship with God is like one with anyone else.Only this should be a lot more exalted.Read the Bible daily,pray,go to church.Mostly follow his commands.
Plus Jesus is basically God only he was in man form.
Log in to comment