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I respect that you have your own interpration of what it means but you won't get affirmation from someone outside your own religeon.

Au contraire. When people confront Christ and His claims about Himself in the Bible, they decide what they will do with Him. There is certainly no assurance that they will accept Him and what He says about Himself. They may reject Him -- or they may accept. They have a free choice about that. But they surely will decide.

And one of the clear and unmistakeable messages of the Bible is that that choice has consequences. Frankly, I find it much easier to believe and put faith in One who bested death than in the water and weeds in my backyard. Hope you eventually come to agree.

When people confront Christ and His claims about Himself in the Bible, they decide what they will do with Him

For example: Protestants believe what to do with Him is go directly to Him in prayer to find guidance. Catholics need an intermdeiary in the form of a priest. Both are Christian religeons and you won't gain affermation from one for the other. Do you believe in both concepts? They come from the same book that is clearly understood by serious seekers. One misunderstood somehow. Is the Catholic or the Protestant the serious seeker that clearly understands?
I fulfill my spiritual goals by reading my entire scripture every day and meditating an hour a day and following the good that I and every person has inside of them, not placed there by accidental evolution. I believe that trying to understand an Infinate with a finite mind is like trying to hold the ocean in a teacup. Hope you have lots of teacups.

When people confront Christ and His claims about Himself in the Bible...

For a touch of historical accuracy, at least three of the gospels were written by people who weren't contemporaries of Jesus. Possibly John was, but Matthew, Mark and Luke weren't.

So what we have is hearsay, largely and possibly completely from those who didn't hear any claims.