(October 21, 2013 at 12:23 pm)xpastor Wrote: I have come to the last of the questions I had planned for this topic.
What is Jesus' central teaching?
I'm afraid I am woefully ignorant where the bible is concerned. I am interested in your views on these matters. The part of Christianity I have a hard time understanding is the leap to enthrone the bible as the highest authority. To my mind, the many fundamentalists who argue scripture like lawyers, have very little faith at all. They are not able to suspend disbelief in common sense without attributing an even greater certainty to the 'word'.
Hopefully someone here will engage you at your level of understanding. I'm not that person but I am happy to hear more from you. I wonder if when you lost your own faith if you were an agnostic theist for a time. It has always seemed to me to be a viable position. But I don't mean to highjack the thread unless you need something to do while you wait for more worthy responses.
