Reply #16: Some would argue that is not what "Christianity" is based on [View All]

Christianity in my view, is not based on myth stories about resurrections, fish from nothing, virgin births etc. They are "false" only insofar as a story such as Hermann Hesse's Demien is "false." Hermann Hesse's Demien is fiction, however it was also one of the most important books I read when I was a younger, shaping the direction of my life in many ways. Did it matter to me that Max and Sinclair were fictitious? No. I was intelligent enough to understand that the author was using his characters and story to convey very significant ideas about life, and individuality and passion. Those ideas were what made the book so special to me.

Christianity is based on concepts - the concept that Jesus bears witness to a new kind of understanding about god, no longer the vengeful, jealous god assumed by so many people, but instead a god of love, and the ultimate conclusion of jesus's ministry according to him was that we might have life (present tense) and that life even more abundantly.

If you look you can certainly find Christian circles based on fundamentalist literalism. But you have to put blinders on in order to avoid seeing the fact that a great deal of Christianity is not falsely literalistic, nor is faith defined by or based on faith in literalistic interpretations of ancient text. It is however based on a shared value of the teachings and meaning gained through the metaphors and exhortations of the text as well as in practical daily experience.

I'd also challenge you to list for me the "known facts" that my faith stands in conflict with.
Sel