Christianity was originally a Jewish messianic cult. The crucifiction caused it some difficulties because "He can't be The One if he's dead!" No Jew would give it the time of day because you can't be the Messiah if you''re corpsified. Pretty basic theology really and Jesus cult was facing extinction.
Then a funny thing happened on the way to Damascus and Saul of Tarsus rebranded Christianity for people who didn't want to give up bacon and chop bits off of their dicks. The Roman mystery cult that arose still needed something for their saviour to do. Unlike the Jews, they were fine with an undead savior and redemption by proxy. Fast-forward through a few centuries of botched theology and proto-Christians killing each other over it and you get to original sin and that lovely tale of how God made it all better by renting Himself to Himself cheap for the weekend rather than seeking the anger-management therapy that He so desperately needed. As long as you believe in fairies. Otherwise you go to a wonderful place called Hell and get to unsubscribe from God.
Then a funny thing happened on the way to Damascus and Saul of Tarsus rebranded Christianity for people who didn't want to give up bacon and chop bits off of their dicks. The Roman mystery cult that arose still needed something for their saviour to do. Unlike the Jews, they were fine with an undead savior and redemption by proxy. Fast-forward through a few centuries of botched theology and proto-Christians killing each other over it and you get to original sin and that lovely tale of how God made it all better by renting Himself to Himself cheap for the weekend rather than seeking the anger-management therapy that He so desperately needed. As long as you believe in fairies. Otherwise you go to a wonderful place called Hell and get to unsubscribe from God.
