Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 months agoThey were all executed horribly
Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 months agoThey were all executed horribly
Baahb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My parents weren’t executed horribly, what are you talking about about? I’m still talking about contemporary Christian belief. Thesis: You can consider yourself Christian without belief in Jesus as a historical figure. Many Christians are happy to understand Jesus as metaphors and an ideal. Like if you took the actually good Superman stories and removed all the context, you could idealize the individual to the point of worship without believing he’s real.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 months ago
The whole point of Christianity isn’t just to “do good”. The foundation is that we aren’t good enough by nature and are flawed by our own fault, but by trusting in and following God, we can be forgiven. Because Jesus literally existed and was executed for our sins.
Baahb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That feels a lot like your personal interpretation. You do not get to decide how people who call themselves Christian define themselves.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 months ago
I’m going to start calling myself “muslim” then, as “muslim” means “one who submits to God”