I was brought up protestant, and currently live in a catholic society. So i hear a lot about jesus dying for my sins.
But what did his act of dying do for me? Was there some inca blood god who demanded the sacrifice of one prophet, or else he'd consume human lives for 2,000 years to follow?
So basically, according to christianity, jesus heard straight from his Father that he'd soon die in a horrible way.
Did he leave?
Did he go spread love elsewhere?
Did he live to fight another day?
No.
He allowed himself to be captured and totured and killed (not knowing that he would be risen from the grave after that, his Father kindly left that part out).
And so, although you could never call him a coward, Jesus was a Victim. And all of christianity is based on his act of martyrdom, throwing away his precious life for absolutely no good value.
We are supposed to respect this? What ever happened to being a fighter, a hero, one who values his life (and not the AFTERLIFE) above all else and is willing to fight for it?
He died for my sins? No, he just died, which to me, IS a sin.
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