This is illuminating, wise, and powerful. It is my belief that my intentions to live my life as a prayer, to do no harm, to alleviate the suffering in the world, and to live out of kindness, compassion, justice, generosity, and love are deeply aligned with the true teachings of Jesus and all of the great spiritual teachers of our times and times past. — Molly
10 Things about Christianity that Jesus Would Vehemently Dispute if he Returned:
1. That his vision for a transformed society, which he called the "kingdom of God", got twisted into an afterlife fantasy about heaven.
2. That a religion was formed to worship his name, instead of a movement to advance his message.
4. That the religion bearing his name was conceived by the theories and doctrines of Paul, instead of the truth that Jesus lived and demonstrated.
5. That he was said to exclusively be God in the flesh, putting his example out of reach, rather than teaching that we all share in the same spirit that empowered his character and life.
6. That the religion that claims Jesus, teaches that his wisdom and teachings are the only legitimate way to know truth and God.
7. The idea that humankind stands condemned before God and deserving of God's wrath and eternal conscious judgement, requiring the death of Jesus to fix it.
8. That people are waiting on Jesus to return to save the world and end suffering, rather than taking responsibility for saving the world and solving suffering ourselves.
9. That people think there is magical potency in uttering the name of Jesus, rather than accessing our own natural powers and capabilities to effect change.
10. That people have come to associate Jesus with church, theology, politics and power, rather than courage, justice, humanity, beauty and love.
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