I appreciate the cordial tone in your response but I think we're talking past each other. My point is that S29's proclamation about Jesus as loving/merciful is dogmatic. The accusation he leveled at me was the I'm a "dogmatic" Christian and therefore in need of certainty. While I admit that I am that exactly that, my claim is that S29 is equally dogmatic/certain/rigid about his description of Jesus' identity and expectation for us. His ability to not need certainty regarding specific moral actions is based on a non-negotiable, no room for compromise dogmatic belief about Jesus Christ.

I am likewise dogmatically, rigidly certain that Jesus is all loving/merciful. I base that dogmatic belief on the same Scriptures/Tradition/personal experience in prayer that S29 does. I would just go a bit further and claim Jesus most certainly does care about specific beliefs/actions because He directly says so in the same Scriptures/Tradition I get the merciful stuff from. Does that make sense?