MM - I like the way you think, and I usually find myself agreeing with you and being enlightened by your ideas, so I hope you'll accept one small idea from me:
It seems to me that Jesus was not interested in exclusivity in his teachings. Sounds like a bit of PC there. Jesus was inclusive in many things, but downright close-minded in a few. In fact, reactionary, in that he insisted that people follow the basic rules as instructed by God. He wasn't very concerned about many of the process kind of issues, circumcision, offerings, mixed fabrics, Gentiles, etc., but he was very definite on the basics - the condition of our souls. "Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat." Matthew 7:13 |
What are they, in your opinion.
So he answered and said, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:26-28
No other Gods
No graven images
Don't take the name of the Lord in vain
Keep the Sabbath
Honor father & mother
Don't murder
No adultery
Don't steal
Don't bear false witness
No coveting other people's stuff.
Does that answer it? I think I understood what you wanted to know.