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Jesus was bodily resurrected from gravedom, and he’s still a Jew. Then do it.

“Abraham, Moses and Elijah were all equally zealous monotheists and in none of their successors was there any retrogression from the highest and purest form of unitarian belief.” (Hastings Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, “Judaism”) Heretic or not, I’m in good company.

Jewish monotheists -> “Other Faith”. Everyone here should be able to agree with that. There’s nothing at all unreasonable about someone who self-identifies as a Jewish monotheist being required by Board policy to register as “Other Faith” and abide by the rules in order to be a member.

“The monotheism of the Jews was then, as it still is, unitarian.” (Leonard Hodgson, Christian Faith and Practice, p. 74) The monotheism of the prophets, of the Messiah, and of the apostles is Jewish monotheism. It is now what it always has been, unitarian. The God of Jewish monotheists...

“So, what was Jesus’ religion? The simple answer is: Judaism. Jesus was a rabbi, a teacher of Judaism.” https://jewsforjesus.org/learn/what-religion-was-jesus

“Judaism has always been rigorously Unitarian.” (The Jewish Encyclopedia, “Deism”) https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/d/deism.html

The priest and deacons did. That’s true. I’ve done it often in the past and I’m sure I’ll do it again in the near future. That’s right. In my own case, they’ve known I’m not since 1981. I’m very well-known to the local Catholic churches. (I live in an area where the population is roughly 80...

* From recently declassified DOD documents. *

“The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 23:39, NABRE) *** Meanwhile, you neglected to address the actual point made in my post.

I enjoy reading the ECF’s (with one exception) and I encourage everyone to read them. All of them. There is only one of the Ante-Nicene fathers I don’t enjoy reading -> Origen. Gregory of Nyssa was a dedicated follower of Origen. I’m not. Origen. Condemned as a heretic by the church. Irony.

I‘ve never been Catholic but I was married in the Catholic Church. I interact with Catholic clergy periodically (the last time was this past Friday). I’m welcome and not welcome in the Catholic Church. Some of the finest people I’ve ever known were / are Catholic.

”Theologically and philosophically the Cappadocians were dedicated followers of Origen and his Platonic understanding of reality, but they also took for granted the correctness of the Nicaean formula.” (Douglas W. Johnson, The Great Jesus Debates, p. 99) Important background information ->...

You’ve got it backwards.