RE: What do moderates think Jesus died for?
January 6, 2019 at 7:46 am
(This post was last modified: January 6, 2019 at 7:54 am by Der/die AtheistIn.)
(January 6, 2019 at 7:39 am)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote:(January 6, 2019 at 7:09 am)Nihilist Virus Wrote: "Victory over death" would be my guess. I doubt you'd get any answer as to what that actually means, or why an omnipotent deity was struggling with this issue (or any issue... given, you know, the omnipotence).
Really, it seems to me like the only reason those people call Jesus God is because they fear they can't be considered christians otherwise and they fear they might be judged by others.
They may also believe that God isn't omnipotent and humans screwed his message, but that raises the question why would he let himself get killed by roman soldiers in particular. And if there is the possibility of never returning after death, why risk it? Also why let people screw his sacred texts? free will? Well how about people who care about the truth, isn't their free will mishandled?
(January 6, 2019 at 7:46 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Jesus was killed for precisely the same reason Socrates was killed - being a huge pain in the arse.
Boru
At least Socrates's death was planned by the authorities, and not by himself followed by resurrection after 3 days.
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