"Unfortunately, belief in Jesus never saved anyone from sinning – indeed, among believers, sin is as alive today as it has ever been in the history of mankind. Christianity never put a damper on sin. Like every good Jew, however, Jesus believed God both forgave and saved man, but what Jesus added to this was the more important need for man to forgive man – forgive one another, that is. It isn’t God that seeks revenge and satisfaction, it is man!"
The Real Christ, "The Man Jesus"
Jesus was concerned with the horizontal issues, man's inhumanity to man, as well as the vertical problem of man's growing up to God.
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