What if . . .

My wife is reading a novel set in the first century.  A woman was born into a Christian family.  Her family was killed.  She is now a slave, a Christian, with no Bible (not written yet) and no guidance except for remembered stories her father told her about Jesus and what Jesus taught.

What if . . . that's enough?  What if the mission of Jesus was to liberate humans from church, churchianity, dogma, laws, and traditions and assume that if they knew a bit of what he taught they would work out what they needed with God for themselves?

What if what we know as "Scripture" was an aberration 'invented' by insecure old men of all ages, by people who had mostly been part of pagan or Jewish institutions prior to being told to be Christians?  What if the very idea of "inspired Scripture" is an affront to God?

I don't know.  It bothers me to think about it.  I confess, I am lazy.  I would like other people whom I project "smarts" onto to figure this stuff out for me and tell me how to be a good Christian.

Oh.  I'm like most church folks, I guess.

But what if. . . ?  What if that's not how God wants me to relate to the Godhead?

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