Here's my list:
1) I do believe in God with my whole heart and mind.
I love these words:
"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."
2) I do believe what is described in the Torah did really happen.
I can't explain why, but I do.
3) I do believe that Jesus did live on this earth and the things described about his time on earth in the New Testament probably did happen.
The stories were recorded for a reason.
4) I do believe (almost I think) that Jesus did die and perhaps did appear on the earth again because God can make anything happen.
Now comes the hard part:
5) I still think that there is more than one way to God. Jesus may be a way, and even though the New Testament says believing that Jesus died for me and others is the only way, I just don't believe that is true.
Comment:
Why, if I don't believe Jesus is the only way, did I tell Lynn Wein McCoy I was ready to pray with her last February? Why did I feel something change in me after praying with Lynn? Why did I tell a few select friends about the change in me?
I just don't know the answers to those questions.
I told Lynn that I no longer thought the story of Jesus dying on the cross was a fairy tale. I wanted to have God in my life. At the time, I needed God so much. Jesus seemed like a way for me at the time.
Right now, I seem to be happier with being Jo Ann who seeks God as a Jew. I love so many things about Judaism and want to pass that way of seeking God to my children. I've been doing that for years.
Like I said, I love these words:
"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."
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