Exaltist Ethan
Bridging the Gap Between Believers and Skeptics
I have a belief that borderline makes me Christian. Let me explain.
I believe that Christ was born of Mary and Joseph, that Mary wasn't a virgin when she conceived Jesus, and that the miracles that Jesus supposedly performed during his lifetime either didn't happen or were greatly exaggerated. I also don't believe he resurrected at the time of his death and I don't believe you need to believe in order to have your own Heaven; he didn't die for anyone's sins...
However, I do consider Jesus the primary example of human extropy. According to my belief system, extropy is a divine concept. I believe Jesus will be resurrected one day, as everybody else will be too, but he will be the first person to be resurrected from science. I also think that Jesus will be the overseer of Earth, the Milky Way galaxy, and even one day, the entire Universe we inhabit now. Jesus probably isn't perfect, but the amount of good works and inspiration he led on atone for those past transgressions. And he's the only one who has been entirely sanctified his entire life.
Christianity has a lot of made-up type terms that describes someone's belief in it. While I do not consider myself a Christian, this idea lingers in my head and does place significance towards Jesus. There's probably some post-Christian religion that believes something similar, like the Unitarian Universalists or Unity church. But I want to know specifically where this kind of thinking is practiced.
If there is a theological concept similar to this, great, but if there is a religion that believes this, even better. I know there are certain types of Christian eschatologies that fall into this, more specifically, the futurist-types of Christian eschatologies. But I do not know how to properly explain these beliefs to someone without first explaining the entire belief to that person, and I want a term or religion I can point to and say, "this is or is similar to what I believe."
For those who know a lot about Christian belief systems and different view points of Christianity, I could really use your help right now. What is this belief called?
I believe that Christ was born of Mary and Joseph, that Mary wasn't a virgin when she conceived Jesus, and that the miracles that Jesus supposedly performed during his lifetime either didn't happen or were greatly exaggerated. I also don't believe he resurrected at the time of his death and I don't believe you need to believe in order to have your own Heaven; he didn't die for anyone's sins...
However, I do consider Jesus the primary example of human extropy. According to my belief system, extropy is a divine concept. I believe Jesus will be resurrected one day, as everybody else will be too, but he will be the first person to be resurrected from science. I also think that Jesus will be the overseer of Earth, the Milky Way galaxy, and even one day, the entire Universe we inhabit now. Jesus probably isn't perfect, but the amount of good works and inspiration he led on atone for those past transgressions. And he's the only one who has been entirely sanctified his entire life.
Christianity has a lot of made-up type terms that describes someone's belief in it. While I do not consider myself a Christian, this idea lingers in my head and does place significance towards Jesus. There's probably some post-Christian religion that believes something similar, like the Unitarian Universalists or Unity church. But I want to know specifically where this kind of thinking is practiced.
If there is a theological concept similar to this, great, but if there is a religion that believes this, even better. I know there are certain types of Christian eschatologies that fall into this, more specifically, the futurist-types of Christian eschatologies. But I do not know how to properly explain these beliefs to someone without first explaining the entire belief to that person, and I want a term or religion I can point to and say, "this is or is similar to what I believe."
For those who know a lot about Christian belief systems and different view points of Christianity, I could really use your help right now. What is this belief called?