Will Jesus return on a white horse?

[Brian37]

I don't reconcile them. I don't believe that Jesus could magically "forgive" anybody of their sins.

So you accept the part(s) where Jesus seems to teach the commandments and reject the countless more times where he teaches belief because they seem "absurd" to you? Your Jesus is a theoretical one. Mine is the biblical one. It's no wonder we don't see eye to eye. Tell me, what makes God's moral judgment absurd in your eyes? You confessed the virtues of not stealing, not committing adultery, honoring parents and so on. God decreed a law that anyone breaking a commandment (doing evil) would deserve death. If you were in a position where you deserved death, would you accept God's forgiveness?

As an asside, a little advice. If you want your discription under your avatar where it reads "religious views" to be accurate, it should read " Convinced of Christ through bad reasons".