Did Leo Tolstoy

Answer 1

Q: Read the four gospels with a fresh honesty, pointing out what he believed is most immediately important of Christ's doctrine and that Leo believed the church only taught matters of metaphysical value and by doing so the church forsakes the very real, very practical path to what Jesus referred to as the "kingdom of God"? And is this is to say that Leo Tolstoy understood Christ's doctrine of non-resistance to evil?

A: Perhaps, but the only way to tell is to read it and decide it for your individual selves with the same dauntless faith in the truth and the Truth. For it was Jesus who said, "the Truth shall set you free".

Q: Write "My Religion: What I Believe" ?

A: Yes. Leo Tolstoy's writings on the doctrines of Christ should be required reading in every "Christian" seminary and college. And this as an example of potentially valid reasoning for which the student should seriously consider.

Q: Forsake the teachings of Christ in his personal life while simultaneously professing the veracity and import of Christ's doctrine on wealth and poverty in his public life?

A: Unfortunately it appears that he indeed did. However, it is noted in the annals of history that he was personally tormented by his ambivalence with regard to his own personal wealth. Whether this matters only to exemplify that all of us have varying degrees of skill, talent, and strength, or whether it serves to indict him on the grounds of hypocrisy, I'll leave again to the reader.

Answer 2

He LOVED TO WRITE, which he basically began whilst in the army.

He wrote novels in realist style - most in social critique form.

His most famous works were, "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina".

Some of his Christian readings had marked influence on revolutionaries, Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King.

Answer 3

Because he ate my shorts