Where does Christianity come from?

[MarkD (A Whateverist, not a Christian)]

@klw

but I’m not particularly interested in a Rabbi’s opinion of the law (as a “top dog” in his religion who has a vested interest in maintaining its reputation to the public, and to get converts if possible,

I might have guessed the same but reading Barbara Brown Taylor’s Holy Envy made me realize that the expectation you describe is mostly a projection of an unfortunate tendency toward monopoly which isn’t present in all religions. @Mervin_Bitikofer shared many quotes from her book while he was reading it which led to my doing so too.

Pithy quotes from our current reading which give us pause to reflect

I’m really enjoying (and nearly through) the book “Holy Envy” by Barbara Brown Taylor. It’s challenging to any of us from Christian traditions who’ve grown comfortable with our own set of answers. And there are many quotable bits in it, but I’ll settle for sharing just this one I just recently read. From her chapter: “The God You Didn’t Make Up” …Maybe “spirituality” was another of those words we use without thinking very much about what we mean. So I started asking people what they meant…