(December 14, 2014 at 8:00 pm)Drich Wrote: But, He went through Hell to do it.And what exactly does that mean? What did he experience? Fire? A "separation from" himself? What did it mean for him to go through hell?
Because we are talking about a period of less than three days, compared to the ETERNITY that he had lived before that and the ETERNITY that he will live afterwards... both of those as the most powerful being in all of existence. You cannot even measure just how short and insignificant that time was, because it has to compare to INFINITY on both ends. He not only comes back, but he does so knowing he has a plan in place to punish any and every being that caused him even the slightest harm unless they agree to bow to him forever and ever and ever.
How anyone can equate his experience to "suffering" or "sacrifice" is simply beyond me.
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