Hi GDR - hope things are well with you & yours, thank you for the enjoyable & well written op ..
GDR writes:
1/ Am I as a Christian worshiping a different God than the God as worshipped by a fundamentalist Christian?
Does the sacrificial, and so oppressive, framework of what passes for Pauline Christendom produce different fruit than the contrarily liberating framework presented through Joshua’s discourse concerning his offering as a ransom?
Rather than disagree you’re worshiping a different god than a fundamental Christian, a strict monotheist may quicker agree you’re worshipping God differently. Do the Latter testaments portray Joshua, as a devout Yuhdean, worshiping a different God than that of his acting high priest and fellow Yuhdean, Yosef Bar Kayafa?
2/ What effect do these two different views of the Christian God have on our world view as individuals today?
If we consider whether the ultimate disconnect of Joshua’s early heterodox Yuhdean tradition from that of his peer’s was solidified as the destruction of the 2nd Yirusalem Temple occurred, as his students fled to the hills while the Romans transformed Yirusalem into a Gehinnom of fire, perhaps we can ask ..
What effect did the worldview adopted by Joshua’s Yuhdean followers have on their political, and overall, decision making and their respective consequences?
One Love
I'm not here to mock or condemn what you believe, tho my intentions are no less than to tickle your thinker.
If those in first century CE had known what these words mean ...
'I want and desire mercy, not sacrifice'They surely would not have murdered the innocent; why trust what I say, when you can learn for yourself?
Think for yourself.
Mercy Trumps Judgement,
Love Weary