(March 8, 2019 at 5:06 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: Alright, I have happened upon such beliefs before. Not often, but once in a while.
My take on it is thus.
The proponent was likely raised some flavour of traditional christian. That gives the embedded hell/satan/punishment aspect.
Said proponent was then exposed to the appeal of new-age hippy jesus, which is much more appealing than all the fire and brimstone.
These are conflicting beliefs, so to resolve the internal conflict simply invent a "nice" version that includes angry bible god and lovable hippy jesus at the same time.
It is quite possibly a contender for the most extreme form of bible cherry picking.
Pick any of the nastier parts of the bible and they will tell you that that particular part is a metaphor. They never say what it is a metaphor for, exactly.
What if he wasn't raised traditional christian?
"By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none"
Charlie Chaplin
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