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Originally Posted by tldagent

I disagree. Jesus did not tell us to live according to the Bible. He was a way shower in which there is and never has been any real proof of his existence to begin with. The bible, (The new testament) was written after the supposed Christ. Christianity is not the way of Jesus it's the way of Paul, who was a self proclaimed prophet of Jesus Christ. Paul never actually met Christ.

Interesting take you have there although historically and factually inaccurate. But hey, not uncommon throughout history and even more so today The Apostles were meant to "do" and "be" exactly what they were. Witnesses to Jesus and deliverers of His messages and instructions and to establish the early Christian church. If you want to know what God expects of you and will hold you accountable to I suggest you immerse yourself in the Book of Acts. Finally, the only ones who can be called true apostles are those who were witnesses to the Resurrection of Christ of which the Apostle Paul was one. Paul was chosen by Jesus to be the Apostle to the Gentiles and that's who his writings are directed to so yes, Christianity is a religion for the gentiles (which are all peoples who are not Hebrew...although Jesus came primarily for the Jews and will return one day and restore them to their chosen place in God's kingdom).