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For what it's worth, the apostle Paul thought that turning Christianity into a secular philosophy (as opposed to supernatural theology) would be a mistake.

1 Corinthians 15, ESV

  Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead,
  how can some of you say that there is no resurrection
  of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the
  dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if
  Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is
  in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found
  to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about
  God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if
  it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the
  dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
  And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is
  futile and you are still in your sins. Then those
  also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
  If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are
  of all people most to be pitied.
I think a lot of people are correct that there is a powerful philosophy in Christianity, but to ignore the existence of God and Jesus, specifically the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, is to ignore the main (constantly reiterated) point of the Bible. And the Bible says Christians are pitiful and Christianity pointless if Jesus isn't God.

Of course, apologies if you do believe in the resurrection and the Bible, but it wasn't apparent from your post. In that case, I'm positive others here have not heard this aspect of Christian philosophy.




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