posted on Jul, 15 2011 @ 04:22 PM
reply to post by disasternaut
God made the human being to contain the spirit and essencial nature of God. The purpose of Jesus is to provide a model of authentic leadership, to
point the way. In this sense Jesus is our true nature and the very best part of ourselves, as love itself. The doctrine which would use Jesus as an
idol of worship, to separate us from him, is insane, since we were also made to contain the same spirit of God, and are not separate from him in any
way, most certainly not when in Christ with Christ in us. We cannot worship Jesus Christ from a position of separateness, that's absurd. We are to
fall in love with him, by falling in love with love, and in so doing, love self and neighbor as self, as God loves us, a love made manifest in the
person of Jesus.
God is spirit and truth. We do not worship and honor a God that is a separate entity from ourselves, albeit the spirit of God is both innerent and
transcedant.
I tell you, literalist fundamentalist conservative Christianity ought to prepare to make way for the truth and the reality of the living Christ,
because it's doing Jesus no favors by making of him an isolate, particularized idol of worship.
Very sad these misunderstandings are, since they prevent progress and our own evolution towards Christ as intended.
As a Christian, your post makes me sad, makes the spirit of Christ in me sad.