A Christian is supossedly a follower of Christ. I was very eager to be a Christian at a young age. However, As I grew older I realized that what I was being taught was not so much the teachings of Jesus, but mostly the teachings of others about Jesus.
What Jesus taught was simple and beautiful and benefitial. "Love G-d, Love People.
However, most of the practices and teachings coming out of Christianity today are not based on Jesus' teachings. They are based primarily on the teachings of Paul. Paul, this extremist who was murdering Christians became an extremist of the opossing team and led them to places so far from the simple teaching of Christ, "Love G-d, Love people."
In fact on many ocassions Paul admits, Jesus did not speak of some things on which he offered his opinion.
If people understood Christian to mean a follower of the teachings of Christ, I would gladly be called Christian, but today Christian means something far more extreme and out of touch with those teachings.
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