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Which sect of Isalm do you belong to?

I spoke with an evangelist and asked him which “Jesus” he was inviting Muslims to meet.

I once briefly considered converting to Rabbinical Judaism. I couldn’t because of Jesus. I‘ve never seriously considered converting to Islam. I wouldn’t because of Jesus.

If it’s not too personal, why are you asking? Why do you have doubts? Do you still have them? Have you spoken about it with a Christian minister or guidance counselor?

I may be mistaken but that sounds to me, in the context of this thread, as a plea for a person’s conversion. An interim measure, perhaps? I’ve been reading Tertullian for the past few months. He wasn’t martyred, but he welcomed it and lauded those who were so blessed.

I’m neither Catholic nor Protestant. I’m not as hairy as I used to be, back in the days of my Protestant youth.

Are you then for Jesus? What exactly is it that you believe about him?

Jesus wasn’t unaware of the problem. How did he instruct his disciples to deal with it? Would that not be the way for his followers to respond to it?

A Christian organization called Jews For Jesus approaches the matter from a different angle. “So, what was Jesus’ religion? The simple answer is: Judaism.” (Stephanie Hamman, “What Religion Was Jesus?”) https://v2-live.jewsforjesus.org/learn/what-religion-was-jesus/

What do you do then with passages of scripture which speak of good men? For example, in Acts 11:24 - “For [Barnabas] was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.” Do you think Jesus perhaps had men such as Barnabas in mind when he said, in Matthew 12:35 - “A good man out of the good...

Thanks. I assume he’s aware of a great many things. I thought perhaps you had something specific in mind. Your question, then, is open-ended.

Your comment about the pagan Greek philosophers interested me because the Greek Apologists also appealed to them in their defense of Ante-Nicene Christianity. For example, ”Some of the philosophers of the Porch say that there is no God at all; ... But Plato and those of his school acknowledge...

Jesus didn’t rely on metaphysical logic.

Select a verse and let’s explore it.

Not in my house.

You aren’t the anti-Christ. You‘re an anti-Christ. What is your story? Why are you anti-believing?

I use the Jesus method to self-inspect.

There is a thread in a “Christians Only” forum where members discuss the books they are reading. I think there needs to be a thread like that for Christians and non-Christians and that it will be profitable for both groups to have access to it. When I was teaching Christian theology to college...

Love is neither optional (see your excellent comment below) nor a guarantee of success (see the parable of the sower.) I heartily approve of your message. Not that what I approve (or disapprove) is the standard; your words expressed here sound like Jesus, and Jesus sounds like the one God.

Consider this proverb: What’s commonly suggested is commonly wrong. The real issue is who and what to believe. The program is spelled out by Jesus in the parable of the sower (Matthew 13; Mark 4; Luke 8). A classmate of mine came up with the useful acronym, SHURF. See, hear, understand, repent...