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[–] termaxima@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago

This is why I usually self-describe as “Christian” : I believe (for the most part) in the philosophy of Jesus Christ.

Do I think he was a real guy ? Probably not. Historical evidence seems to suggest he was at least two guys, plus a story about an angel, plus a few other things on top. That’s kinda irrelevant to me, though.

Do I believe in god ? Only in the deistic sense, even then I’m not sure.

Jesus is like Frodo or Heracles to me, a character that we can learn from. I really like the whole “love your neighbor as yourself” “give to the poor and help the needy” which I see as his main message.

I’m a Christian in the same sense that I’m a Pragmatist, but Christianity has the edge in that it has a story and a character to relate to. The guy preaching love and getting trampled by the world for it, is sadly still a relevant image today.