In Reply to: Re: Serious Defect in Jesus' Moral Character posted by Farmer on June 24, 2007 at 09:23:14:
"...so in the longrun, it's about the substance..."
If you really feel this way why do you make it personal? Just one example "...poor posters like BB". This is not addressing the substance of things that you disagree with.
Anyway, I want to address the substance of one of your comments: "Since you distanced yourself from Christianity..."
One of my favorite prayers is the "Our Father", I personally don't feel that I've distanced myself from Christianity.
I do know that, in the place where I am now in my journey, that I have distanced myself from a belief system that is based on the premise that says unless someone is saved by the only "one name under heaven" they will have a lesser afterlife experience compared to those who have had their "sins washed away by the blood of the lamb." That said, I believe that true Christianity is a lot more than Rom.10:9&10. I accept that you will not agree with this.
When I pay attention and meditate, I come to a place where I'm living in the moment, I have love, peace, joy, and well-being, in me and all around me, it's a place where I have conscious contact with the Great Creator (God).