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i, too, have had to try to figure out how jesus fits into all the criteria i've learned from so many diverse sources over the past 30 years. thing is, the jesus we learned about in sunday school, the jesus of the bible, doesn't really fit into our modern times. but christ consciousness fits all ages. and we all have that within us as sort of a seed that needs to be nurtured so it can grow. we should respect that little light in ourselves and trust it. religions have put into us a great fear of failure to please a wrathful god. it's very difficult to overcome this fear and all the warnings in the bible of "sheep in wolve's clothing" etc., but once you recognize and face it, it diminishes so you can go forward and grow in discernment and grace. even the name jesus is skewed in that the baby in the manger was name immanuel, not jesus. jax