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Originally Posted by jdiddy  I prefer to call myself a follower of Jesus Christ  |
I tried that for a while, too.
The problem is that most people don't know anything about Jesus except that he died on the cross and resurrected. Oh, and he healed people, talked a lot, and walked around Israel.
Permit me to throw in some points of consideration.
Following Jesus is different from following Paul. Do you make that distinction? Most people do not; it's very difficult to see it, but it's there. How about Constantine's interpretation? The original Christians, of Peter, and those theoretically of Magdalena, are a bit extinct. Since you read the Bible... I ask: do you read the apocryphal Bible, or accept the Nicean Creed? Are you aware that the Dead Sea Scrolls include the Book of Enoch, which is commonly referenced in occult works? Do you know what the criteria were for the canonization of the Bible, or what the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Bibles?
That's a set of more difficult questions than even the Herculean task of questioning the content, context, and juxtaposition of the canon Bible at face value. Note that I'm not making a judgment with these questions, except that most Christians would not think to even ask them. A full set of answers may very well result in the exact faith any professed Christian speaks with today. But the questions need to be asked.