(June 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm)tackattack Wrote: Regardless of whether it was himself or part of himself or something else entirety. Regardless of whether it actually happened or not and regardless as to the value of said sacrifice, Self-sacrifice is a cornerstone of Christianity. I hope that shortened the exchanging of ideas to a much smaller thread than this could turn into.
Yes, but Christianity teaches that Jesus died so God could forgive our sins. God killed a part of himself so he could forgive us? Surely self-sacrifice is only good because it pleases God (what a wonderful basis for morality!), so God's sacrificing himself would do bugger all good, as far as I can see. Of course, according to fundamentalists, most of the world's population is going to burn for eternity for either not believing the right dogma or for doing things which certain people are naturally inclined to do, so his sacrifice didn't really save us, anyway. Go God. I could run a universe better than he does while being mind-numblingly drunk and blindfolded and having had a major lobotomy.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
