The following was in response to a debate posted on Helium, this was my response:
This one question has caused so much contention and fueled many arguments over the years. Jesus is not the only way to salvation, because there is nothing to be saved or delivered from – other than our own fears. As a practicing Christian, I know this may seems like a heretical statement, the truth is, the whole point of even needing a Savior is in of itself based on a myth. A myth that says the world is consumed by Sin vs. by Unconsciousness, fear and ego. Here is the summary of the Myth:
God has a war in heaven with Satan and his angels whom he convinced to help him overthrow God (after all, he is very cunning and persuasive). Of course, God wins this great battle and casts Satan and his angels down to a Hell. A Hell that God created Just for Satan and his angels. Next, God Creates the Earth or perhaps the Earth was already created. I’m guessing that Hell existed on Earth, or perhaps within a different realm, (Ref: Abraham’s Bossum and the Gulf that separated paradise and Hell) Then God creates man or mankind and places them on the same planet or realm that the rouge spirit he just kicked out of Heaven; thereby giving Satan access to his new creation. He then goes on to influence and convinces Man to disobey God and now mankind is a slave to Satan by giving up his birthright of sorts, or my favorite, “the Earth lease.” As a result of this transaction from Man to Satan, the Devil takes control of his new property and is now free to cause all kinds of havoc. Man is now doomed to a hell that God created in the first place. Now God has to figure out a way to save man from his own creation called hell and restore the earth back to his other creation, man.
What does this all sound like to you? How many cultures have similar stories? My point is this is a story, a myth, a metaphor hiding a much deeper truth. Millions of people believe this story to be true in its literal sense, thereby sliding down a slippery slope that will end up with us creating a story of God sacrificing his own. We have molded God in our own image and we have taken the Bible and turned it into a literal and authoritative source as if it were written by God.
We need to be saved from our fears, beliefs of separateness and unconsciousness and ego – not from an Angry and Vengeful God, whom requires obedience to set of rules devoid of life to save our souls from an eternal Hell. We are all one, born from the source of all sources, the cause of causes. However, if we don’t begin to see our fellow man as part of us, then we are free to unleash great acts of pain and evil, thereby driving us to save and convert the world to our own version of salvation, morals and rules. We in fact become Satan, giving this spirit life and lending ourselves to a mind of confusion. It’s far easier for some of us to see the world as a battle ground (How much of a battle could this really be, who can fight God?) between the forces of Darkness and the Kingdom of God and needing a Savior. How else can we explain the great acts of violence and pain that occurs all around us? The truth is, we are responsible for all the evil that we see and experience in our life and times. Evil does not exist outside of us as the creators of it. Jesus, like many other great masters, shows us the way by his love, he saves by making us aware of whom we truly are and then challenging us to live a life of love.
Peace and Love
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Hmmm, you raise some Good Points here. Im wondering “tho” how much of this is tradition and has these traditions dilluted the message of Jesus. It would seem that we have taken Jesus and made him God vs another human who was aware of who he really was, a Master to be sure, but Human none the less. “If you have seen me, you have seen the father, for my father and I are one” I wonder if this revelation is really about all Mankind. What would the world be like, if they believed that they are really like Jesus.
Good Post
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