“you cannot buy favor with God with strict adherence to doctrines and modalities of living. You cannot behave yourself holy.”
You make good points. Every one of us humans are rotten and deserve death. Only by accepting Christs immense sacrifice do we dodge going to hell.
Not kissing or holding hands doesn’t make us anymore holy or deserving of heaven than anyone one else.
But choosing to be moral is a good thing
Wow. Just.....wow.
If we are rotten and deserve to burn in hell then why did G-d even put us here? Weren’t we created in His Image?
I’m glad I left Christianity and turned to Judaism. Christianity is fear-based and irrational. The G-d of Torah is much more forgiving and will not condemn anyone to hell.Judaism is not driven by fear nor are we taught that we are rotten and deserving of death and eternal hellfire.