Ok. First to answer 64. It’s not ‘basically’ what Jesus or the Bible teaches. What they do say, which is so commonly misunderstood, is that no matter how much we try … how kind or good we may be ..we can’t reach the kingdom of heaven by our own virtue. It takes a spiritual transaction … a new birth.
That’s the reality, Deerey, of Biblical teaching. Hence the subtlety … we will inevitably manifest kindness, empathy etc if we genuinely have had that encounter. But it doesn’t start with any measure of human goodness.
I may dip out now .. apparently I ‘have form’ on this … although genuine, civil expressions of interest may always tempt me.
