(December 13, 2015 at 6:10 am)Vic Wrote: Because on one hand, you get christians acting like it's the single most horrible thing in the world to happen to anyone, that it's the most anyone could suffer (ignoring all the people before and after Jesus who died the same way because reasons) etc., with the RCC charging the entirety of Jewish people with deicide for a long time, but on the other hand, that was all god's plan, it was necessary and we should be grateful for it because it was the only way to go to heaven, it had to happen??
Which is it ffs??
To answer the main question, yeh crucifixion is bad. The idea is that God is sending down his own son to be sacrificed and treated badly. It wouldn't have been as dramatic of a story, or a sacrifice, if god sent his son down to chill out,have a nice time and chat to people about God.
The contradiction, which you mentioned, is really that the Jews were bad for killing Jesus, even though that was supposedly God's plan.
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Impersonation is treason.
