(May 5, 2015 at 7:24 am)robvalue Wrote: I had some thoughts about Jesus and sin.Good points.
Am I supposed to believe Jesus dies for my sins, or to accept the "payment" he has made on my behalf?
If we give the historical records the benefit of the doubt, I could believe that a guy called Jesus got crucified, and in his mind he thought he was dying for my sins. However, I can't accept that this act has any actual real meaning because as far as I'm concerned there is no debt to pay to anyone, nor does the currency involved (sins) actually exist. The only way it could exist is if you kept track of your own "sins" using the bible, and since they've all been paid for in advance, it wouldn't seem to matter when you do sin. It's like an open bar for which the tab has been pre paid.
Of course, I don't think this was the original story. I think the human sacrifice was meant to stop animal sacrifices, so that in the future people could apologize to god without having to also kill an animal. But the story mutated beyond recognition from that point.
It's not my fault what weird ideas someone might have in their head about why they are dying. More likely, he got crucified because he became too annoying.
Annoying, or a danger to the corrupt powers powers that be and annoying?
