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Was Jesus' sacrifice really a sacrifice at all?

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Was Jesus' sacrifice really a sacrifice at all?
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RE: Was Jesus' sacrifice really a sacrifice at all?
October 26, 2010 at 1:48 am
IF you are a believer, Jesus' sacrifice was utterly necessary and is crucial in Christian theology. THE point was and is redemption from the sin of Adam and Eve ('the fall') and the conquest of death.--Christianity DOES teach physical resurrection.

Redemption through the of the death of the god followed by his resurrection is not an unusual religious belief. It is found in many fertility religions,many of which practiced human sacrifice.

The familiarity with blood sacrifice helped make Christianity acceptable to meso-Americans. IE they sacrificed humans to their gods .Christians sacrificed the son of their god their god to their god.The notion made perfect sense to them and made the Christian god very attractive to them.
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Was Jesus' sacrifice really a sacrifice at all? - by Skipper - October 25, 2010 at 3:12 pm
RE: Was Jesus' sacrifice really a sacrifice at all? - by padraic - October 26, 2010 at 1:48 am

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