The other day it occurred to me that I believe in Jesus but not in the Bible or the church, and that this is not a contradiction.

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Actually, I have been believing as you do for quite a while. I mean, I do not see Jesus as being part of The Divine, or at least no more so than everything else is, but rather as a great person and teacher who was very in touch and in harmony with that which is divinity.