Does the golden rule save without the cross?

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by mfblume

I am making no jokes. I know what I believe and I responds to you and anyone else accordingly. And I do not believe love is for the confused. So, yes, dig it up, because whatever I said I never meant what you obviously think I did.

you said this in connection with my suggestion that Paul be reconciled with Christ, and not the other way around. And on the same subject, "read some Paul and voila" is your initial heart-response to how to manifest the message of the Cross in our lives. No doubt you will change both of these, but i would ask you to examine why your gut response was not first "Read some Christ and voila?"

It seems like a lot of effort is expended attempting to distance Christ from the Cross, and every time we get close to this discussion...something happens to disrupt it. And i see that we are prolly not going to have that discussion now, either, but i would ask at what point did it seem prudent to follow Paul, and argue with Christ?

Or, since that is likely an unkind way to put it--although after 'love is for confused people' you'll have to pardon me if i have lost all measure there--what is it about Paul that appeals to you, that you always--or we'll say 'predominantly'--quote Paul?