This may be the Most Important Post I have Posted

After writing this I realized how much this writing has opened and changed my ever developing world view. So while I am not so conceited to believe this thought is either groundbreaking or the most important ever written, I have been immediately aware of how it has affected me. I hope it will at least spark some thought and hopefully conversation.

So last night I watched the ABC Docudrama about Jesus, “Judas” (I swear it was more about Jesus then Judas, I think the Catholic Church or someone must have “Jesus” copyrighted)

It was a good TV movie. As I had suspected Jesus was pretty good guy.

I was taken to what my evolving theories about religion (ie. check out my website)

What Jesus was trying to say is that we are all the son of G-d. Jesus may be the one sacrificed to show us the way, but we are all the same and thus have that ability to follow in G-d’s image. To be G-d’s sons and daughters.

This was crystallized for me by a conversation in the movie between Judas and Jesus as they are running from the Romans and Judas feels slighted by Jesus.

"But you said I was special"
"You are"
"But you said that everyone was special"
"That’s because they are"
"So everyone is the same?"
"YES JUDAS…. EXACTLY"

I think Jesus is saying more than setting the philosophical foundation for the communist manifesto.

Every Religion has a version of Jesus, and they all have the same thing in common: A devotion to what is morally right; consistent love and acceptance of their fellow man or woman; and a firm belief that what they are doing is right that comes from constantly living G-d's path.

Jesus was human, he was scared of being crucified. But in the end, while following G-d's path, he found confidence for what he had to do to show the world the way of “Our father” (as the prayer rightly explains as G-d is all of our fathers).

Interpretations of the events always end with someone being blamed for Jesus crucifixion. Even the ABC docudrama tried to blame someone for Jesus death. That is just silly, why should we care who orders Jesus' death. According to the New Testiment and this movie (and the history Channel which seems to want to capture this evangelical audience) both the Jews and the Romans are responsible. But it also points out it that they did it out of fear of Jesus.

Do Christians, Muslims, Jews and all major religions and societal institutions not “crucify” people every day for having morally founded revolutionary thought? For trying to change our society and remake it in G-d’s path?

Jesus needed to die to be crucified. It was his path, why not focus on that? On why he had to be martyred to put us all on the right path? Why it was so important to follow his guidance?

I truly believe he was not saying believe in me, support ME, he was no narcissist. What I think he was saying is live life as I did, accept G-d into your heart, live a life of truth and light. Live as Martin Luther King tried, as Buddha did, Muhammad, as Gandhi, as Mother Teresa, and countless people who never make it into History books.

To truly accept G-d’s will, G-d’s path, how hard that is, but how liberating. There is salvation, there is the path. Not in dogmatic downgrading of others based on false pretenses of what it means to be holy and how to get into an ever after, but in living a good life and finding truth in giving yourself to the world.

I recently heard someone say, Church should be a political place. To be a guide on how to live, and how everything you do is spiritual. Spirituality should not be confined to your time in church. But rather in all aspects of your life. People know this, but they do not want to be reminded in church that their actions speak to their spirituality. So they are now forcing the expulsion of politics, ethics, social morality out of the prayer sanctuaries. But Pastors, Rabbis, Imams, Buddhist Priests have an obligation to remind us the connection of our actions to our morality.

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