the first cut

i have about a million things i need to talk about and about 2 seconds at a time on the computer (these days).

so today, i am going to address my oldest question and i think the main reason i cannot call my self a christian.

ever since i can remember (all the way back to my quasi catholic days), i have always wondered "what about the people who live and die and have never heard of jesus?" and part b to that was "why should other people with their own god-beliefs and culture just drop theirs and buy ours?" these two questions have always, always been quietly resting in my spirit.

i do not believe that jesus is THE ONLY WAY to encounter Love. Of course i believe that he showed us how but just because one person invents something at one point, doesn't mean that someone else can't have the same idea too. do you see what i'm saying? i'm not saying that i believe there were hundres or thousands of jesuses. i do believe he was the only one. which makes him pretty darn special. but i also believe that there were other wise mystics/prophets who said much of what jesus had to say in different ways.

bottom line is the way to love is love. and yes, jesus was love. (possibly Love). but ...

would any caring parent turn his/her child away because she knocked on a window instead of the front door? or does a person have to know what a door is made out of or called to go through it? what does it matter so long as you're at the right house?