What Is A Christian (Remix)

Really? Let's see if Christ himself agrees with that assessment...John 14:5-75Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
6Jesus answered, "I AM THE WAY and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know[a] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."Believe what you want but get your facts straight. How can one call themself Christian (literally follower of Christ) and deny Christ's own words?

Allow me to rephrase then:How can someone be a christian (literally a Christ-follower) what Christ himself proclaimed to be the way? But that is the picture of Christ that we have, like it or not. If you strip away the historical picture of who Christ was, what is left? You haven't replaced one concept of the historical figure with another, you've erased him. Which leaves one nothing to be a follower of..

Perhaps you aren't familiar with the definition of a metaphor:I'll put the verses in the form of an equation so you can't miss it:I (Jesus) = The Way, The Truth, The Life; No man comes to the Father but by me (Jesus). There is no possible way to deny this straightforward linguistic analysis.

I'm afraid your understanding of metaphor is deficient. You're restricting "the way" to a definition of the word (a literal one) which is completely inappropriate to the context of the metaphor.There's another meaning of the word "way" which is perfectly conducive to the context of the metaphor - namely "a course or direction leading to an objective".Two comments:1. The second definition is the vastly more-common contemporary usage.2. The second definition is the clear usage of the word given the context.What you've done is go far beyond the context of the metaphor and the allowable definition of the word.Let's suppose Christ wasn't saying the he was the way, but merely that he was like the way; I fail to see any discernable distinction between the two ideas...But you're going way past this...You're changing "I am the way" to "I am like the way" to "I am like a way" to "I'll show you the way" to I'll show you any possible way" to "Where did you say you were going?Are we reading from the same book, here?Edited by mjfloresta, : EmphasisEdited by mjfloresta, : No reason given.

It's has nothing to do with me saying that there's "one road" or my "a priori" interpretations. It's what Jesus said: I am the way, the truth, the life; "No one comes to the Father except through me". How much more un-ambiguous can the text be? How many roads is Jesus allowing for? And how can one be a Christian who denies the only way (means, path, direction..) according to Christ himself???