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Goodlife - "... Yet, when you examine [Christian] beliefs, what do you find that many of their teachings differ from the teachings of Christ. Did not Jesus say concerning his true followers: They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world.” (John 17:16)..."
You appear to have singularly failed to understand my very simple question. You are still quoting Jesus as though His pronouncements should be heeded and followed without question.
Don't you understand? When the gospels say that He gives an instruction to His followers, He is speaking directly to you, Goodlife. So when Jesus states quite clearly that His followers should sell all their worldly goods, abandon their families, have hatred in their hearts for their parents, not have a job, never swear an oath, never try to recover goods that have been stolen, etc., He is instructing you to do exactly the same.
But you don't, do you? Why? Because you, like every other believer in the Bible, treat it in an a-la-carte fashion; picking and choosing the bits you like and ignoring the bits you don't. Hypocrisy and dishonesty runs through your faith and hence, through true believers, like a cancer. It inevitably leads to thoroughly disreputable ideas such as the "doctrine of equivocation" which you demonstrate routinely on this website.