Amazing. Asking you about Jesus Christ is punishment? How is asking you to explain yourself being part of the problem or some sort of punishment?
Yes. You are punishing me by absolutely refusing to respond to the points I have been making about Biblical liberalism in the highest circles in the Catholic Church. Your absolute refusal to make a simple acknowledgement of my points is a form of cruelty to a person who gave the Catholic Church his loyalty for six years but who had to make a decision: is a religion that accuses A-mighty G-d of lying "the true religion?" Of course not. But you choose to rub it in by happily reminding me that you refuse to deal with the issue. You pretend it doesn't exist. Or perhaps you're a higher critic yourself. I have no way of knowing and you'll never tell me, because you seem to be having so much fun teasing me. Are there any other old sores in my soul you would like to reopen for your enjoyment? Does doing so make you feel like you have won an argument? Does it make you feel the better man? It must be giving you jollies in one way or another.
You apparently insist on my stating plainly my position on the claims of J*sus even though it is unnecessary to do so. I've been here for fourteen years and for all that time have told everyone that I am a Noachide. So of course I reject the claims by or about J*sus. If this causes you even the fraction of pain that your co-religionists' attacks on the integrity of the Bible cause me, then I suppose I will have to be satisfied with that.
If what you are doing is demanding that I justify my religious beliefs, I assure you I am well able to do so. But all the while we are arguing your co-religionists will be smirking as they attack the integrity of the Bible, and all your anger will be aimed at me and absolutely none at them.
You obviously place all the odium for my "apostasy" on me, without having the slightest notion what it was like to witness constant attacks on the Bible in Catholic publications (and don't blame "liberals"--Benedict XVI was an evolutionist who denied original sin).
One of two things must have happened to you: either never had any experience with Biblical liberalism during your journey into the Catholic Church and your life there afterward or else you turned your heart into a flinty stone without the slightest bit of concern.
If you wish to feel "better than" me, knock yourself out. But to maintain a superior attitude when you aren't even capable of acknowledging the problem I've been posting about doesn't strike me as requiring a great deal of intellect or courage. It does, however, evince the greatest and most sadistic cruelty.
So, does your denial of Jesus Christ as God bring you all the joy you thought it would or do you find that in having a new basis for belittling others?
I don't get the reasons why any faith that acknowledges the Bible as Holy Scripture would even want to deny its truths. I would venture that perhaps because of pressure from the world and fear of being ridiculed, some may feel they have no choice and compromise their trust in the Bible. Some, no doubt, NEED to discredit the Bible so that they can assert their religion's hierarchy as superior to God's word and presume that ONLY they can credibly "interpret" what is the truth it relays. The funny thing is that some of the records contained in Scripture are FIRSTHAND accounts and not a word is mentioned of any symbolic or figurative meaning. Jonas REALLY was swallowed by a great fish and was barfed out after three days and nights to live to tell about it. Moses REALLY did cross the Red Sea on dry land with over a million Jews following him and they saw the immense walls of water on their right and left being held back miraculously. They REALLY saw Pharaoh's army drowned when the walls of water crashed down on them once the last Israelite stepped onto the shore. There are many other kinds of accounts such as this that so-called experts have tried to rationalize away as impossible. Well aren't miracles BY DEFINITION things that seem impossible? But with God ALL things are possible. When literal things happened, we are told clearly in Scripture. When God is speaking allegorically or figuratively, he makes it clear as well.
This is why I do not join those who minimize Scripture or insist their "church" is the authority over it. The Seat of Moses was every bit in subjection to Scripture or should have been. Any religious leaders who pervert the Bible and twist God's commandments so that they can lord it over people, have and will meet their judgment. God is not mocked. Don't be discouraged. Your defense of Scripture is appreciated.