COMMENTARY:
A LAWYER 'DEFENDS' WHAT 
JESUS SAID ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE
- What Jesus said about the afterlife is different from what the Church tells us about the afterlife. I had discussions with a Catholic priest about Christian theology and creeds. The priest said that to get to heaven (what we call the 'Realm of the Light', the ‘Summerland’) one has to be ‘Christian’ and "obey what the Church commanded”.
Then I asked, if there is an inconsistency between what Jesus said and what the Church says about ‘entering heaven’ – who prevails?
Jesus would prevail people would say. Why? We are told in Mathew's gospel in the New Testament that a humble man asked Jesus the question: “What must I do to enter into the kingdom of heaven (what we call the Realm of the Light)? -
What did Jesus reply? Did Jesus say:
- you must obey the Church’s creeds/dogmas? NO!
- you must be baptized? NO!
- you must go to Church on Sunday? NO!
- you must participate in the Church’s services, rituals confession, communion? NO!
- you must have 'beliefs' and 'faith' in Jesus? NO!
- you must believe Jesus died for mankind? NO!
- you must believe in the Adam and Eve myth? NO!
- you must not remarry after divorce? NO!
- you must believe Jesus was ‘God’? NO!
- you must believe in the Bible? NO!
- you must obey the Pope or Cardinal or Archbishop, Monsignor or priest? NO!
Steve here- And that you must be DEAD to enter "the kingdom of heaven"
- that more conditions to enter 'heaven' (Realm of the Light)
would be added by the Church later on? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
HERE is how Jesus answered that important question to get to 'heaven' - Realm of the Light:
(1) ”Do not murder, (2) do not commit adultery, (3) do not steal, (4) do not bear false witness, (5) honor your mother and father and (6) love thy neighbor as thyself”. THAT’S ALL!
Why then did the Church ADD more conditions to enter into ‘heaven’ not deemed essential by Jesus?
Why should a few priests here - to give themselves more power, absolute control, dominance and status on earth - arrogantly decide that Jesus - perceived to be 'GOD' - was wrong about the requirements to enter into ‘heaven”?
No one on earth has the power, authority and jurisdiction to tell Jesus (perceived by the priests as 'God') what to tell us about conditions to enter into the Realm of the Light (‘heaven’).
RECOMMENDATIONS: So, I say again to the Pope, archbishops, monsignors and other Christian leaders:
(1) respect what Jesus, teacher and healer, said about the afterlife,
(2) THROW OUT THE UNNECESSARY ADDITIONS (and the BLASPHEMIES) - NOT DEEMED NECESSARY OR ESSENTIAL (3) have the courage to organize a credible, intelligent and acceptable new CHRISTIAN REFORMATION NOW! ...
I'll be
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