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Why Did You Reject Jesus?
- Thread starter Rival
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I didn't reject him so much. He's a guy. I accept he was a guy. I accept he had valid things to teach. Non of his teachings are contrary to my morals or values that I am aware of.
I rejected other's ideas about him; mainly that he's the son of God. This claim doesn't seem valid. I'm not sure he himself claimed this.
I rejected other's ideas about him; mainly that he's the son of God. This claim doesn't seem valid. I'm not sure he himself claimed this.
Shadow Wolf
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He a barb pumping toxins into me. His dogma left me am empty shell of a human, numb to life and praying for death.
It was nothing but a disaster for me.
It was nothing but a disaster for me.
dybmh
ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
Unveiled Artist
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I didn't know him personally to take his words to heart. The Bible hasn't changed my life and not something I look to for spiritual growth. I guess you can say I reject how the Bible depicts him. Unlike believers, though, I can't speak as though I knew him.
I didn't reject him. I never even met the guy.
Yes, all sorts of people were saying things about him, but people say all sorts of things (frequently exaggerated or simply false) about all sorts of people. I discount them all until I can find out for myself.
Yes, all sorts of people were saying things about him, but people say all sorts of things (frequently exaggerated or simply false) about all sorts of people. I discount them all until I can find out for myself.
Yeah this lines up with my experiences as well.
I was very vaguely a Christian Theist because of all the stuff I was taught at Primary School by age 4, 5 and 6. Then I stopped believing in God but still believed in Jesus up to a point and continued to treat him as a moral example that was worth emulating (as a "Christian Atheist" if you believe Wikipedia). Over the course of about three or four years, I dumped the most obvious supernatural beliefs and probably a secular reason for Jesus' moral authority would have gone with it. By the middle of secondary school I became much more intensely atheistic and anti-religious took the first steps to identify as a Marxist. Certain Christian ideas have lingered since then well in to adulthood, most notably a Christian Pacifism and ethic of non-violence which never seems to have gone away.
So there was a very distinct phase of rejecting most of the central beliefs of Christianity, Religion and the Supernatural over the course of about 5-8 years from early childhood up to adolescence. This was because I couldn't actually prove these claims using evidence or sense-experience. As my dad had read some of Bertrand Russell's books when he was a student and mentioned some ideas about Empiricism and John Locke, this is where I would have got that idea from. Now I'm older of course I know that many of the explanations I had then aren't philosophically adequate to stand up to serious debate, but they function well enough on a day-to-day basis.
There is another tangent to this post as well.
There are many Christains that say people have rejected Jesus the Christ, when in fact they have not.
Regards Tony
Jesus existed back then, I'm sure he testified to the scriptures, a lot of `Jesus' ` preached on the sands and soil of that particular place on Earth, The name Jesus was the, and around the globe, more popular than John.
Interesting is story of how Saul(Paul) met Matthew....but.....the `Son of God`...no fffffffg way
Interesting is story of how Saul(Paul) met Matthew....but.....the `Son of God`...no fffffffg way
exchemist
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How can anyone answer that question? What does it even mean, especially to a non-Christian?
What! No multiple choice?
I rejected the divinity of Jesus and Paul's theology plus this idea of Jesus paying for my sin.
Generally I don't have much to disagree which Jesus' view just not sure how much of what was claimed he said, he actually said.
Why would you reject Jesus' message and choose not to be a Christian.
Given the cultural dominance of Christianity in western societies, it's safe to assume everyone here has at least known about Jesus and the claims Christians have made about it him. So, at some level and at some point in their lives people must have evaluated those claims to go "no thanks, I'm a Jeddi. May the Force be With you." or whatever there alternative was.
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exchemist
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But see post 18, for instance.
exchemist
Veteran Member
But what can "reject Jesus' message" possibly mean, to someone that has never been told what the message is in the first place?
By the way, what is Jesus' message, in your view? He had quite a lot of things to say, it seems to me. I'm not sure I have taken them all in.
If what you mean is "Why did you decide against being a Christian?" that is a reasonable question, which avoids the manipulative, question-begging language that I hate so much (as you can tell
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