Original text, posted publicly 20140315 on Google+. I have added numbers to each sentence to make it easier to refer back to them and address each:
“(1) To all you wild bible people out there, take note. (2) Religious fanaticism is a mental disorder. (3) You can be spiritual or religious, and love God, without shoving it down people's throats. (4) Everyone has their own truth. (5) Respect the ones different from yours. (6) The reason Jesus said I am the way and the light was not so you would worship him as an idol, but so that you would follow in his footsteps. (7) He has the right path in the sense that he was a nonconformist to the society, he followed the natural laws, not the ones of rome and he wanted everyone to LOVE AND RESPECT EACH OTHER. (8) I dont know how you all missed all that but go and reread it if you still dont get it. (9) If you are the Christians who are cool, I salute you. (10) I am one of those too. (11)Jesus, among others, has been one of my greatest teachers. (12) Showed me I dont have to be bowing down to authority of man only of the natural God. (13) He was a misfit, like me. (14) I think he is awesome. (15) I also like Buddah for teaching enlightenment. (16) I am part Moroccan but I never got into Muslim but I have been in many churches and participated in many faiths. (17) In the end I chose meditation in nature. (18) I landed on theistic agnosticism, because for me, Religion is man's interpretation of God. (19) I want to be with God alone in nature. (20) That is where I find him. (21) I respect all other religions and faiths, and always think people should do what brings them LOVE and PEACE in their heart. (22) If it doesn't bring either of those, you are probably not in the right religion. (23) Look again. (24) Search like I did. (25) Go to every church of every religion you can. (26) One day you will find the true path for your heart to find peace. (27) One love, one light. ”
(1) Jesus was a ‘wild Bible person’. So much so that He believed even the little dots over the i and the cross of the t were important. Matthew 5:18-19
(2) Jesus was a religious fanatic. So much so that he upset the schemes of those who were using religion to take their followers’ money. John 2:13-22.
(3) Jesus was spiritual (Luke 4:1) and loved God (John 14:31), and never feared to tell people the truth, especially those who didn’t want to hear it. Positive example - Woman at the well: John 4:1-42. Negative example - Scribes & Pharisees: Matthew 23:1-36.
(5) Jesus did not lend any credence to other truths. He cared about their freedom which comes from true truth and not falsehood. John 8:31-32.
(6) Jesus specifically said the “Way, Truth, & Light” comment in the context of convincing the disciples to worship Him as God. He was not merely asking them to ‘follow in his footsteps’. John 14:1-11.
(7) Jesus conformed to God’s law perfectly, not some imagined ‘natural law’. 2 Cor 5:21 , John 8:29,55. Jesus did rebel against religious works and those promulgating them. John 8:12-59. Jesus did preach turning the other cheek (Matthew 5:38-48), but He also taught that telling the truth (especially when it was hard to hear) was more important than just getting along with people. Positive example - Rich young ruler: Mark 10:17-22. Negative example - Peter’s blasphemy is condemned: Matthew 16:21-23.
(10) Actually she doesn’t know the Father or the Son, because she denies His deity in (6). 1 John 2:21-25.
(11) Jesus is more than just a teacher. He is God. John 13:12-17, John 10:22-39, Colossians 1:15-21.
(12) Actually we are to obey the government we are under as it is placed there by God: Romans 13:1-7.
(13) Jesus was not a mistake, Galatians 4:3-7. He is the return of the original intent of mankind, Romans 5.
(14) Jesus is more amazing than people who don’t know Him, can imagine. He does more than teach love and respect: Hebrews 1:1-4, He is to be worshiped forever: Revelations 4 & 5.
(15) Buddha’s teaching was one of self works to reach enlightenment. Self works are anti-Christ since they depend on our work instead of His (Ephesians 1:1-9). 2 John 7-11 says that anyone who does not teach Christ and His work is evil. Galatians 1:6-9 says that anyone teaching any other ‘good’ news shall be cursed. Therefore Buddha is not good, but evil and likewise his teaching.
(16) Islam teaches an adherence to the 5 pillars in the hopes of Allah’s mercy upon you. This is works based relition again and the same passages and comments apply to Islam as did to Buddhism. See comments in response to (15).
(17) Looking at creation and confusing it with God is foolish and deserving condemnation. Romans 1:18-23.
(18) Jesus doesn’t care about religion and condemns those who foster it: Matthew 23:1-36. He cares about pursuing us in relationship: John 6:35-40.
(21) Jesus did not respect all other religions or faiths, He only cared for worship based in truth (Matthew 5) and He promised to separate those who did not believe the truth from those who do: Matthew 25:31-46.
(27) Unless Bob Marley believed that Christ’s death and resurrection paid for our sins, he is in hell. Don’t be fooled. Titus 3:3-7.
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