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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]God sent Jesus into the world as a way shower.  When Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, the light, no ones gets to the  Father except through me", what more progressive Christians believe He meant was that no one can become closer to God (Source, Love, Creator, First Mover..whatever your name for that Universal good) unless they learn to become more Christ-like.  Compassion, Love, Tolerance, Charity.... Those are the qualities that Jesus exemplified.  We become closer to our Source (and "heaven") by trying to be more like Him.

However, there are many, many paths to that same end goal.
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I see this passage from John 14:6 quoted a lot, but please note that Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the LIFE." Not "light." There's a world of difference in that. We have eternal life through Him, not just enlightenment.[/quote]

The reality is that we have absolutely no idea what Jesus actually said.  We have accounts of what other people think He said based on what they wrote years later.  (We have no evidence that Jesus ever wrote anything down.)  Those accounts have been picked over and translated more times than we can even begin to know.  People chose what to include and what to leave out of the Christian Bible we use today for political reasons and for control.  Simple as that.

I'm not discounting the Bible.  I hold it very sacred.  However, there are many other sacred texts with value.  I'm certainly NOT discounting the importance of Jesus Christ.  I may be a progressive Christian, but I am a Christian.  I believe God sent Jesus into our world to be a light.  A way shower.  An example of all that is good and right and sacred.  His death was the ultimate act of selfless love and self-sacrifice.  From that we learn of our own importance to our Creator and the power of love.

Christians who believe that everyone who does not "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior" (I know that phrase all too well....I was raised in the Southern Baptist Church)  are going to hell are missing the entire point of Christianity.   I was taught from a very young age that Christians were the only ones going to heaven.  Screw the people living in other countries who were raised to believe differently.  Forget the people living in the middle of a rain forrest who worship nature.  The Jews?  All of them damned to eternal torment.  Sorry, but there is nothing Christ-like about that mentality.

When the angel appeared to the Shepherd in the story of Christ's birth, he said "Fear not, for I bring you great joy which will be to ALL people".  ALL people.  Not just a select few who happen to sit in the front row of a Baptist Church.  That type of Christianity has done more to damage humanity than any other religion on the face of the earth.  The next time you hear someone rant about "radical Islam", remember that Christians have an embarrassing past as well.

It's way past time for humanity to let go of the ridiculousness of divisive religious beliefs.  There are many, many paths.  None of them is greater than another.  Christ recognized the divinity in every single person He encountered.  People who claim to follow Him should strive to do the same.[/quote]

This is the best post I've seen yet on Christianity in the entire religion forum. It annoys me when I hear people tell me that I can not enter into Heaven until I recognize that Jesus in my savior. Jesus is not my savior and I believe I can still get into Heaven. In my religion Jesus is a prophet. I do not worship him but he is as important to me as any other prophet or messenger. So I would follow his teachings as I would follow Moses or Muhammad's teachings. In my opinion, they all lead us to our Creator. [/quote]

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