RE: The crucifixion of jesus and why it doesn't matter
January 28, 2015 at 9:39 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2015 at 10:09 pm by Nope.)
(January 28, 2015 at 9:30 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Actually if he never sinned, he never felt the kind of things Humans feel. The only way we're forgiven is if we dedicate our lives to him, so does he expect us to only forgive people who dedicate their lives to us? Oh, we hae a good idea of Yahweh's nature. Narcissistic and violent. Jesus' teachings were a small step in the right direction, but he still fumbles the ball in some ways and is only somewhat more progressive for his time.
His teachings weren't that out of the ordinary for first century Jews. For example,
Quote:Hillel said: "What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow man: this is the whole Law; the rest is mere commentary" (Shab. 31a).
http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7698-hillel
Quote:"Judge not thy neighbor till thou art in his place"
I have often wondered if Hillel was the prototype for Jesus
