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Why rise again ??
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RE: Why rise again ??
(August 14, 2010 at 4:34 pm)tackattack Wrote:
(August 14, 2010 at 9:39 am)Peter44 Wrote:


It's not necessity that I accept his suffering was equivalent to or less than the rest of humanity through evolution or any other method. For a conscious omnipotent being, to take human form, and thus restrict himself somewhat; as well as the emotional suffering of knowing all the evil on earth, yet being restricted in reach; as well as the torture of being the only human to actually know the truth, yet knowing you'll also fail at conveying it entirely; plus all the physical torture when you've never experienced pain (emotion or physical) has a lot of weight and I don't think typical human suffering would even come close enough to compare.

(August 14, 2010 at 7:33 am)Captain Scarlet Wrote:



On your first point I think you're missing the nature of similarities between God and him creating us in his image. Your story was very sad and touching and I can not empathize with that amount of loss, but my sympathies to you. It has no bearing on this conversation other than emotive but I'm sure it has a lot of relevance to you personally and I respect that. I agree it's speculation but I'm not going to go all conspiracy to take over the world, when the bible and Jesus clearly teach to be in the world and not of the world and to give Caesar what's his.
On your second point, I think you're missing the spirit of the New Testament and it's relation to the OT.
It does take secular values and personal enlightenment to judge the truth of the Bible. You seem to be under the assumption that Christianity teaches us not to internally weigh decision or question dogma and accept everything blindly. That is not the religion I was raised in. The laws on your heart is a reference to Jeremiah 31:33.





(August 14, 2010 at 11:04 am)Minimalist Wrote:

Agreed min and I have neither the knowledge nor the energy to attempt to prove that at this time min, I know you were itching for me to Tongue
if suffering is less than could normally be expected of individuals at the time it has no real meaning.
It didn't save anyone. It wasnt atonement for anyone and the world went on with even more misery most of it caused by religion not reduced by belief in it. My personal experience has everything to do with my personal belief and unlike you I understand that. You can claim to ignore these issues as its not in your frame provided by others (the religion you were raised in ) and cant escape.

Jesus at one point made some minor reference to money with the head of an emperor on it. Obviously meant to imply that money was worthless and obligation to the law was more important. That law was not the law of the Romans.


The point Jesus was was purely a Jewish one. It has taken Christians 2000 years and they still havent been able to hide the truth. So to quote such meagure anecdotal corrupted and unsupported specualtion (its not mentioned in all the Gospels) is not useful.

People suffer on earth all the time. They always have. More since The so called ministry of Jesus than before.
As son of God he failed. God failed. If he existed he would have succeeded. He is after all omnipotent.
People are less likely to belive y now than they were then.

The issue isnt one of the Bible and what was written many years after the even (as it was) selected for by those with a vested interets (as it was).

Christianity is solely a function of mankinds ignorance and fear.

The paternalistic religions were all produced by men for men.

They invented God. They had to.









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Messages In This Thread
Why rise again ?? - by Peter44 - August 14, 2010 at 4:32 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by tackattack - August 14, 2010 at 4:49 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Peter44 - August 14, 2010 at 9:39 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by downbeatplumb - August 14, 2010 at 6:35 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Captain Scarlet - August 14, 2010 at 7:33 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by tackattack - August 14, 2010 at 8:03 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Minimalist - August 14, 2010 at 11:04 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by theophilus - August 14, 2010 at 11:28 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Paul the Human - August 14, 2010 at 11:45 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Minimalist - August 14, 2010 at 12:20 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Peter44 - August 14, 2010 at 3:37 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Captain Scarlet - August 14, 2010 at 11:50 am
RE: Why rise again ?? - by chatpilot - August 14, 2010 at 12:25 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Minimalist - August 14, 2010 at 12:29 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by chatpilot - August 14, 2010 at 2:54 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by tackattack - August 14, 2010 at 4:34 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Peter44 - August 14, 2010 at 5:01 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by tackattack - August 14, 2010 at 8:25 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by Minimalist - August 14, 2010 at 6:40 pm
RE: Why rise again ?? - by fr0d0 - August 14, 2010 at 7:15 pm

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