Posted: Aug 31, 08 10:24pm
Do you live a Christ centered life?
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No I live a non-denominational and dogma-free life and it works fine for me.
What would Jesus do? I think He'd find better questions to ask. Ones without such an obvious answer.
Questions that weren't trying to shill for whatever agenda you have.
What do your OP's tags have to do with your topic? "Diet, movie, weight-loss, travel, music, food, career change health," et al? This is the kind of thing spammers do.
Please don't be like them. Please come here with an open mind, be willing to ask questions about how this place works, contribute without trying to convert, and just be human while you're here.
If you want to win souls, then let them see Jesus in the grace and mercy of your posts, not some slam-bang attempt at evangelism.

What do your OP's tags have to do with your topic? "Diet, movie, weight-loss, travel, music, food, career change health," et al? This is the kind of thing spammers do.

I don't think there's such a problem with listing the tags as has been. If we live a life that is centered around a certain object, then everything we do should be affected by that object. So, having the tags in place would be a fine thing to do.
As for the Christian view of it all, I'd have to disagree. That's one thing they ask, only to get someone to thinking. They don't have an answer, themselves.
I do.
He'd follow Torah.
He'd eat by Torah.
He'd dress by Torah.
He'd speak by Torah.
He'd sing by Torah.
So, to answer succinctly, WWJD? He'd follow Torah, as those who'd follow Him do. Not as others only give lip service in doing. (Is. 4:1)
The question itself is old and trite. They have no answer for it, in their own teachings. They can only say "be nice, smell nice, look nice, play nice." They do nothing different than the rest of the world, so what arguments do they have? None, really.

Do you live a Christ centered life?

Jesus already knows the answer. ;)
Speaking as a Christian, I would say, Jesus would live a sinless life, give himself as a living sacrifice for the sins of the world, and rise from the dead. None of us here are capable of that. That is the problem I have with the whole WWJD movement.
Jesus wouldn't date or get married. He wouldn't waste his time on TBD like I do. He would probably only drink at weddings and social occasions and he wouldn't cuss at other drivers when he was in a hurry like I do.
I honestly think WWJD sets the bar a little high for most of us.
ummmm... the WWJD movement is only a marketing tool for the megachurches, as far as I'm concerned.
As far as "what we are capable of" we are capable of being and LIVING a blameless life. If this is not the case, then Zechar'yah and Elisheva were lied about. What goes on in the book of Romans, 8:4 shows us that we are to fulfill the same requirements as the Messiah did. He fulfilled Torah. He WAS Torah. Look at it this way, Torah is the word. He is the Word. He is Torah. (Jn 24:44)
The easiest and best answer to give to anyone who flashes the WWJD would simply be to tell them that He'd do Torah, the same as we are to do. The bar is really not that high. (Dt 30:11, Ro 10:6-8)
Should this thread be moved off elsewhere? I don't want to carry on here and anger a lot of folks. How would moving this be accomplished?
I'm certain that your question was well meaning, but in a group that serves all faiths, it also can be devisive - telling everyone that YOUR way is the only way. I can say one thing for certain, because I am Jewish, it is far more likely that Jesus is related to me than to you.
I give you credit for finding a path that works for you but when you imply that the paths that others have taken are less than yours, you are overstepping your TBD boundaries.
I do not live a Christ-centered life, but by Christ, I live a centered life. That is why I am so content and not materialistic or concerned about what others may have that I do not. You don't have to believe in Jesus to have that but it helps that a few of us may have come from the same bloodlines. He and I are both decendants of David - if you believe the Old Testament - The Torah - as Ken so well presents it. Now there was a poet and a king ... and he didn't do bad with a slingshot either! Come to think of it, neither do I so I must be related.
