Why Do Christians Not Do What God Taught as Jesus?

Abstract

What did Jesus teach?

Christians are asked to have faith in the tenets of Christianity, but what are those tenets, and should Christians have faith in them when they are not what their incarnated God taught, or are contrary. In other words, is it right and fair that believers in Christianity should believe what they are told, as opposed to what the Christian God, Jesus, says himself in the bible? Should faith be abstract or based on coherent evidence. Though faith might be admirable, can it be demanded with no adequate reason, and should it be kept even when the reasons for it prove to be inadequate?

In the brief accounts of the ministry of Jesus in the gospels, he is shown arguing with his opponents often, trying to persuade them of his viewpoint. He did not dismiss them because they had no faith. Yet many of the arguments used by the incarnated God of the Christians they reject as being inappropriate for modern life. Other arguments that Christians believe do not appear in the son of God’s reasoning. Where did Jesus teach the Trinity, or that he was the physical son of God, or that people were born with original sin that required the sacrifice of God as an atonement. If these were important elements of Christianity, then surely he must have taught that they were.

Where are the biblical citations that show Jesus teaching the concept of a Trinity?
Where does Jesus tell his followers, the Christians, that he was conceived by God and that his mother was chosen as a spotless virgin, even though she was betrothed to a man.
Why do Christians think that Jesus is God, and what should they think if he denies it?

Shouldn’t messages like these be clear if sent by an almighty God? What then should be concluded from the doubt in them?

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