How did you learn about Jesus? (non-christian responses too please) [View All]

[liberalitch]

My parents were very spiritual people (my mom still is... my dad has "gone on to his reward" as my mom says), but they never pushed religion down my throat. They did not take me to church or sunday school until I was old enough to understand what was going on.
One night I asked my older sister to tell me a story (I don't even know how old I was.... really really young), my sister loved to do this because she has a vivid, active imagination. It was close to easter (that I remember) and my sister said to my parents "I'm gonna tell the greatest story ever told".... It was understood in my house that that meant the story of the life of christ.

She told me about what christmas meant to christians (until then it wasn't all santa, cookies and presents to me, but I believed that it was just the time of year when you let your loved ones know how important they were to you) and then she told me about Jesus... you know the person.
A poor jewish carpenter who could see how the secular world wasn't holding too much promise for his people, especially under Roman rule. Also about how he wanted them to be happy and free in their hearts and minds even if their bodies couldn't be free. He told them that the absolutely most important thing was love. Our single function in life is to love and care for one another and with that you can do anything: heal the sick... even bring the dead back to life.
I was crushed to learn that not everyone understood this and as a result he was seen as traitor and was excuted. She also said that you can't kill love like that and so jesus came back to show us that.

Maybe the RWers should talk to my sister.