Thanks for the very informative and excellent article. I share many of the same views and it’s comforting beyond belief to find out I’m not alone.
The fire and brimstone guys will no doubt hammer you lol.
There are indeed many paths to God. I’ve found one myself, that does not involve religion at all. But it is very, very real. It’s not that I merely believe in God. I KNOW God.
“God is not a Christian.” What a great phrase. I’m stealing it.
RE: There are indeed many paths to God. I’ve found one myself, that does not involve religion at all. But it is very, very real.
How do you square that with the emphatic statement that Jesus made: “I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME.” (John 14:6).
Note, Jesus did not say A way or a truth and a life. He used the emphatic word “THE”.
What did Jesus mean, then, when He said, “I and the Father are One”? “No man comes to the Father, except by Me”. The soul is the mind and emotions. Trying to find God by using just the soulish realm, is a fool’s errand. We have a body, a soul, and a spirit. It is our spirit man, which is alive unto God, if we receive Him, through Jesus, as our Lord and Savior. “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he”. John 4:23-26
So you’re a thief as well as a liar.
Unless that path is through faith in Christ then you haven't found God and cannot find God.
The New Testament is crystal clear.
One can only gain Heaven through faith in Christ and Christ alone.
No one else.