Why does Jesus' "suffering" matter?

[Bob Kelso]

"Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross"  What sacrifice? he got better 3 days later and then went home to his dad, more like a slight inconvenience than a sacrifice.

Yep. No sacrifice at all.

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If you truly think that Jesus was a god in the flesh then surely you must realize that this was the equivalent to a haircut for people. That shit grows back, Carson. 

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I've always found it odd that when people point out that an all powerful, benevolent, god could have done things differently; the theist response is invariably "well that's not how it is". Ok, and you still worship that god? Good luck with that scumbag.