Thoughts on Christianity

At the end of 2005 I had started to post messages about Christianity on an old Blogger site which has been dormant awhile. Am reposting some of them now.

The original post is a response I had to an article on commondreams.org titled "Wasn't Jesus a liberal?"

Last month I had the opportunity to dialogue with a person who had
published an article titled "Wasn't Jesus A Liberal?" on the website commondreams.org in 2004.

I now am posting here my letter to the person, with some applicable
edits. I encourage your comments and feedback, and thanks for taking the time to read it.

I have some thoughts and wonder if we might be able to commence an
honest, open and respectful dialogue on some of the issues you raise, because reasoning together to learn more of the things of God is a Good Thing, in my opinion, and has the potential to glorify God in the process (yes, I am a Christian).It is unfortunate that people of both “conservative” and “liberal” political persuasions have so vociferously claimed to one degree or another a sense of legitimacy and mission based on what they say Jesus would do in this or that sociopolitical situation, and it begs the question of what did Jesus do, and what are we to learn from Him.I hope to start thought-provoking lines of inquiry that will hopefully spur substantive discussion on current events in light of Christian theology and a Christian worldviewLiberalism, as defined in Webster’s dictionary (New International, I believe), is not necessarily something that should cause feelings of threat or harm to people who want to see a society better off from the input and support of Christian men and women. However, liberalism as expressed by and large in today’s society, is a rabid, emotion-based (almost anti-intellectual) atheistic movement that is not going to bless those it
touches, in my opinion.Christians supported and helped advanced
of the labor movement in the early 20th century, and every time true Christian love, justice, charity and ethos have come into play, changed lives, and for the better, have resulted.But let us agree on at least this: the people who encouraged injustice to labor and the environment and wome

Here we go . . .

The goal behind the title of this blog, "Live As If," is to explore the radical possibility that if what Jesus said and taught in the Gospels (and elsewhere in Scripture) is true, then it becomes my responsibility to find out as much as possible about whether what he said is true, and then to make a choice about what to do with that knowledge. I welcome your thoughts on this topic of discussion.