>>729553>Christians say God is the manifestation of Good.there is a contradiction highlighted in the new testament between the "letter of the law" and "spirit of the law" where Jesus also says that instead of 10 commandments, there are only 2:
>Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”<matt 22:37-40so the logos has again been replaced with pathos, like Jesus protecting the adulteress from stoning. he violates the existing law to uphold the "true" law - even calling the god of the pharisees the devil. so i would say Jesus is an "atheist" in this sense, never invoking the name of "the father" but always pointing upwards:
>They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them<romans 2:15such that the "kingdom of heaven" is within, so too is the law written on one's heart. as i say also, the early christians were considered atheists because they disbelieved in the false gods of rome. in the same way, i see most atheists as believing in something higher than idols.