My God Can Beat the Shit Out of Your GodFor discussing any and all religious viewpoints. Intolerance will not be tolerated. Keeping your sense of humor is required. Posting messages about theological paradoxes is encouraged.
After reflecting on the story of the man from nazerith(spelled wrong), I think that he let himself be executed to prove a point to his followers. The point is Love and Truth. Love your fellow man even if he doesn't love you and be true to yourself and speak only truth, even in the face of fatal concicuences. This is a point that, to me, seems lost on todays interperters of this story.......and thats very sad. I do not belive in god and I do not belive that this man from nazerith was anything but a man but I still love my life in this way.
To have a go at the Romans, to redeem humanity as he probably saw it, to prove a point, and to probably try and justify his own messiah status in the eyes of the prophecies. What with the no broken bones and resurrection, etc.
It would take more than one person, son of god or not, to make all of our sins be forgiven... It would either take an army of small children dying for them, or... Yeah the point I'm making is that even dying for something doesn't fix it.
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