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Showing Original Post only (View all)do you believe there was a historical figure the Jesus story was built on? [View all]
I SO want to believe there was a true man the religion was based on.
Of course I don't believe in the virgin birth and the resurrection and all the biblical myths.....but I truly want to believe there was a man 2000 years ago who was so in tune to true progressive idealism that he inspired an entire religion based on his teachings.A following that has been twisted into a cult that insults the meaning of everything the man said.
I SO wish progressives could take back the church and turn it to what I believe the man...not the myth....wanted us to be...a people who believe in helping there fellow man...a people who look to the least fortunate in our society and say how can we help instead of pushing them under the bus...a society who stands up to the money changers in the temple.....a society who turns the other cheek and believes in lifting all instead of standing in judgement.
I SO wish we could be the society that the bible says we should be instead of the society the biblethumping moneygrubbers have turned us in to