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Which leader(s)are best for us to follow? Clearly it is Jesus at the top and center of your arrangement of photos. The next best three are displayed in your blog directly under him, in my opinion. Jesus's thoughts are why I vote him #1. However, the facts of his life being a son of a god are hard/impossible for me to believe as are many other magical things taught about him like resurrecting after being killed. Yet I like his teaching of love and respect for all, turning the other check, etc......But how many, especially the Christian "true believers" actually practice what Jesus taught? Not many at all. The Amish are very far from perfect, especially in some of their business practices, but at least they sometime practice what they preach, which I can respect.
I couldn't agree with you more. If we all thought of Jesus as the best political leader in human history, rather than as some sort of supernatural phenomenon that no mortal can emulate, we might have a world much more like Paradise on this our Earth.
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Which leader(s)are best for us to follow? Clearly it is Jesus at the top and center of your arrangement of photos. The next best three are displayed in your blog directly under him, in my opinion. Jesus's thoughts are why I vote him #1. However, the facts of his life being a son of a god are hard/impossible for me to believe as are many other magical things taught about him like resurrecting after being killed. Yet I like his teaching of love and respect for all, turning the other check, etc......But how many, especially the Christian "true believers" actually practice what Jesus taught? Not many at all. The Amish are very far from perfect, especially in some of their business practices, but at least they sometime practice what they preach, which I can respect.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! Rod H.
Dear Rod,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with you more. If we all thought of Jesus as the best political leader in human history, rather than as some sort of supernatural phenomenon that no mortal can emulate, we might have a world much more like Paradise on this our Earth.
My detailed views on that point can be read here.
Happy 2015!
Jay