Then perhaps you should not attempt to pontificate on it's teachings. I still remember you learning the lesson where you think Christ was instructing you to be an idiot.
I have to be a Christian to give my ideas on what Christ said? What is it about Christians that makes them think only they are entitled to interpret what Jesus Christ was saying?
None. Not because he is an atheist, but because he doesn't think deeply or have any understanding of the spiritual nature of Christ... I have just as much right or standing as a non Christian to discuss the spiritual nature of Christ's message as Christians do...
Lol Your arrogant self-importance and high opinion of yourself isn't a good start in the deep thinking and understanding stakes. Humility in Christ....LMAO
You are free to entertain and make your own interpretations. However as far as thinking deeply and understanding spiritual matters I think you choke on a sippycup. Of course stew, kuku and kill don't even have the brains to look for the cup much less consider touching it. But hey that's just my "opinion".
You have the right to your opinion on Christ, but what denies me the same right? I have not said I don't believe in Christ, I said I am not a Christian...
real faith is acting in accordance or on that belief. But, zz is also right because when one does "surrender to God" Christians believe that the holy spirit does enter them and change them. For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Luk 6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Luk 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luk 6:46 ¶ And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Luk 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: [ Luk 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. Luk 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
I know what Christians believe, but do their actions truly represent someone who has undergone a legitimate change of heart, and are they really attached to Jesus and God's world, or are they still just as attached to this world? If they are still attached to this world while here, only thinking they will go to God's world when they die, they they are in love with this world, and that will be their consequence... You either love and believe in the pleasures of this world or you love God, and vast majority of Christians love Christ in name only, and place their real trust and love in this world... Where you are most attached to is what grows stronger in your life...
Beliefs should be a search for truth and understanding, not denying reality so you can have faith in a compendium of books written by unknown authors over hundreds and hundreds of years complied much later by other fallible men, as 100% literally correct. That is a faith that is truly blind The very concept of faith is an insult to human intelligence. If you take something on faith, you are in effect saying, "I don't need evidence, facts, or logic. Evidence is worthless, facts are for ninnies, logic is nonsense. I'll believe whatever I want even if reality overwhelmingly shows that it's just not true."