You keep referring to this guy as if you know anything about him. He said that loving him means obedience. How can you obey what you don't even know? Also, Jesus is the Christ and the Creator. His divine nature is evident, and Colossians 1 explicitly mentions his essential role in creation. You are full of contradictions. Do you seriously have some "affection" for a man who lived 2000 years ago, but who you also don't care enough about to thoroughly study and imitate? And what's all this about forgiveness? I have been forgiven. It doesn't take courage for a death row inmate to accept a pardon. > Fear of reprisal You are just spitting word salad at this point. While I do believe that you are manually typing most of your comments, it's getting to the point where I wonder if I'm arguing with a chat bot.