Reply #33: Probably the most destructive [View All]

[OnionPatch]

line of thinking the world has seen. I have a very hard time believing that, say, a Hindu woman in India is going to go to hell, no matter how good she is, simply because she doesn't worship Jesus. I became agnostic because of this (and other things in the Bible that just don't seem right.) Once a friend of mine and I decided that the "worship me" part of the teachings of Jesus was probably distorted. They were so into worshiping deities in those days that it could easily happen. Worship was real big in those days but we really believe that Jesus wanted people to embrace the message and not so much the messenger. If you were to replace "me" with "my message" in the recorded teachings of Jesus, it all makes so much more sense. "My message" meaning "Love your brother." When you substitute "my message" for "me" then anyone who loves their fellow man, regardless of religion, will go to heaven. Of course I have a different idea of heaven but that's a whole other thread.