"I'm wondering exactly how you pick and choose your beliefs within the context of any particular religion and still expect it to be viable. You "believe in God and Jesus Christ", but you "do not believe in original sin"? How long has it been since your read the first chapter of Genesis? If that's not an account of original sin, I don't know what is. Problem is, it wasn't Adam's or Eve's original sin. It was God's, because, according to biblical scripture, he created them "in his own image", and with all their propensities for disobeying him.
And with that kind of basic contradiction, you remain a believer?"
I understand how my beliefs may seem a little perplexing. Allow me to explain. First of all, at this point in my life, I dont pick and choose my beliefs within the context of any religion. Secondly, I do not believe in the Bible as the word of God but as a historical document of some tribes of ancient men trying to come to an understanding of God, nothing more, nothing less. In other words, I do not base my belief in God or my concepts of God (or Jesus Christ for that matter) on what is written in the Bible or on any religious doctrine. I base my beliefs and concepts of God on reputable near death experience and reincarnation research conclusions which are quite different from what is in the bible. Many people around the world died, asked questions and came back to tell quite consistent tales different from that of the bible. I take their word over some clerical person trying to cull and interpret truth from a book full of contradictions that is the bible.
As far as Jesus Christ is concerned, I believe that such an individual existed and did a lot of great things and that he was a highly evolved being. I cant imagine that this person didnt exist and someone made him up. If you have any hoax research, I would be interested in reading it. How he came about and what he was, I have no idea (a reincarnate of buddha, the son of god, a regular guy, I have no clue nor do I wish to speculate on that). All I know that he seemed to be a great teacher to humankind as were others throughout history. I also believe that the church withheld information and intentionally distorted the true teachings of Jesus for the purpose of establishing and maintaining their institutional power. Many early gnostic texts concerning Jesus were destroyed and the ones that were hidden and discovered reveal reincarnation and many other texts were deliberately withheld from the bible. There are many theories as to what was Jesus's true mission to humankind. I did some research and personally agree with the conclusions that he wanted to rid humankind of the concept of original sin and wanted to teach us that we could all spiritually evolve and do all of those amazing things he could. This is my personal opinion.
In conclusion, my beliefs consist of the desire to evolve and transcend from the current religious/biblical interpretations of God to a more advanced interpretation and I am currently "in process" and looking to take it to the next level. Kind of like Galileo wished to evolve and transcend science from a "world is flat" scenario to a "world is round" scenario (please note, I am not comparing myself to the genius of Galileo nor am I putting myself on his advanced level, I am only making an illustration for the purposes of clarity). Galileo used a telescope and I use near death and reincarnation research. Our spiritual understandings and beliefs need to evolve just as our scientific understandings and beliefs have evolved if we are to avoid the conflicts of war and survive as a species.
I hope this clears things up for you and if not, let me know...
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