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I was born and raised a Catholic. Today I belong to no organization, though if someone were to classify me, they would likely put me in the "New Thought" group (NOT the same as New Age).

I do NOT believe in the Bible in the way that you do. An awesome piece of work, totally God inspired, but not God written. I believe through poor teachers, and their manipulation of the masses, it has been horribly translated over the millenniums. Much is misunderstood. My authority? It dwells within myself through my feelings, love, and intuition. I am of God, therefore, I am all God (though if you like, God is much more than me). Again, there is only God, and only Love.

As for Jesus, if all we know of him is from the bible, then some of our information is twisted, however, enough can be read to realize that he was a magnificent, divine being... as we all are. I believe he came to be an example of what all may do and be. He, himself, told us that he was no more special than we; that what he did, we all can do. I do not believe he was the only son of God. We are all the children of God, and that was his message. I do not believe we will find salvation through him, but through recognizing, discovering, and being reborn to the "Christ" within ourselves. This, too, was his message. Not to find heaven through him, but through the Christ within ourselves, as he did. This message is so misunderstood that many well-meaning Christians have clearly made an idol of Jesus.

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