What a sticky question. I would have to say "yes", but I'm certainly not a traditional one.
I believe I'm inherently imperfect. I could live a thousand lives and the result would most likely be that I would mess up a million ways collectively. I believe in a God who is perfect and probably doesn't want to particularly want to see the messes I've made because I would bring mud all over His white house so to speak. So I believe that there has to be something [or someone more accurately] to clean up those messes. That someone to me is Jesus.
The reason why I'm thinking about my own Christianity is a question I had to day in my Bible study: "Is there any part of the Christmas Story that you doubt?"
Well, yeah. I find the virgin birth rather astonishing. Immaculate conception is an awfully big pill to swallow. It wasn't a new tale either. There were tales of Greek gods impregnating mortal women for centuries prior to Jesus' birth.
Here's the thing though... He still lived a damned fine life where he taught to love God and love your fellowman. He taught service was a way to show that love. In that I think Jesus was a pretty good guy. He performed lots of miracles. He lived and died honorably. I think He may have still been able to fill that gap for me.
So yes, I'm a Christian, but I'm rather non-literal. And if the mainstream Christianity knew, it would be rather unpopular.
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