I just feel bad for all those nice little paleolithic and neolithic and bronze age and iron age peoples who died long before God could ever become man as Jesus the Christ and be crucified and suffer and die upon the cross, before he could rise from death like a dove from mud and restore the human race to the grace of God through the conduit of the holy spirit. (Ahem, he himself, to himself, through himself.) But better late than never, though, I'm a right, folks? What a blessed world this is and always has been!
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It's a total bunch of B.S. Someone dying on your behalf makes no sense at all. They are "dead", and you are not, so where's the gain for anybody?? What is the logical connection there?? Don't strain yourself over it, because there's nothing of any sense to be found there.
Western religions are just soooo over the top crazy and wacko, I can scarcely believe that anyone who is anywhere near being sane would buy into any of it.
Randy
I don’t think crazy or wacko are terms that apply solely to Western religions — how about those beliefs relating to reincarnation? Who decides what you come back as and the level of severity of your sins? And if you can’t remember the sins of a previous life, what good is Karma?
As far as I am concerned, saying Jesus died for someone's sins makes about as much sense as saying a hog wallowed in the mud for my sins, first, the whole idea of someone being born into sin is totally fucking ridiculous because I have yet to see a 6-month old human sin, and, given that the butt head who claimed he was dying for their sins supposedly came to life again afterward, there really was no sacrifice made . . . . so I would rather believe the hog wallowed in the mud to purge humans of their sin, it is at least slightly more believable.
Christians. Sin all week, get them washed away every Sunday, then start again. It's like getting another clean plate at the buffet.
Actually, he didn’t die, he just gave up a weekend and then buggered off not to be seen or heard from again.
Settled down in France with Mary and Joseph. Had a few kids and lived happily ever after.
According to those who believe this silliness, we are all born sinners. That is what we are from the moment we are born until out last breath (thank you Adam and Eve). We are not perfect, like god; so, no matter what--we will at some point sin.
The sins we commit do not have to be against another person. It might be the sin of envy, or self-pride, or lust or a whole host of "thought" sins.
Anyway, because this god is perfect, and it cannot deal with our imperfection (even though it made is this way) it had to sacrifice itself to itself in the form of being the father and the son of itself in order to cover these sins. Because we all know that the only way to cover sins is for there to be a sacrifice, and the shedding of innocent blood, right?
All sin? Even the fun ones?
I appreciate that you refer to it as "it" when you speak of god. I hate personifying a mass delusion. I admit though that when speaking to fundamentalists I sometimes use feminine pronouns.
Believe what you want, but I will not consider you a rational human being.
No, they got that covered with the original sin stick. You know, the babies born already tainted?