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Jesus' Sacrifice

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Jesus' Sacrifice
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Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 1:50 pm
The sacrifice Jesus made for our sins...

...Not much of a sacrifice is it?

It's often called the greatest gesture of kindness imaginable, but in reality it was not so much a sacrifice, but more along the lines of winning every major lottery draw on earth in a single week, every week, for all of eternity - it's the best damn deal anyone has ever had...

God: "Hey, Jesus, i'm going to need you to sacrifice yourself for mankind to save them from their sins"

Jesus: "Oh really, ummm... Not my favourite idea, but you're going to burn me forever if i refuse so yeah, alright"

God: "Don't worry, it's not that bad, you'll only be dead for the weekend, then you get to rise from the dead and become the supreme ruler of the universe"

Jesus: "No shit, that sounds awesome, when can we get started?"


This is about as far removed from 'sacrifice' as i can imagine Smile But lets see what you all think.
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Not much of a sacrifice at all. If it were true.
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Not so much as a sacrifice as it was a delayed inauguration really.
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I wonder, what Jesus was doing during those 3 days he was 'dead'? maybe playing a round of Poker with the talking snake and the 'Big Fish' than Jonah lived inside of.
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 2:42 pm
He was probably bitching about God and having himself a good sulk.

"Fucking God, he said NOTHING about the damn crown of thorns or spear to the side!!"
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 2:49 pm
1. If God wasn't fully man.. then it wouldn't be much of a sacrifice.. but he was.

2. Jesus was already God
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm
So God is fully man? Huh
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm
why does god needs to be a human?
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 3:07 pm (This post was last modified: January 10, 2010 at 3:09 pm by fr0d0.)
(January 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm)Saerules Wrote: So God -is _was_ fully man? Huh

Yes

(January 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm)A897 Wrote: why does god needs to be a human?

*forehead slap* Wink

Just to make it even simpler for humans to understand.
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RE: Jesus' Sacrifice
January 10, 2010 at 3:11 pm
(January 10, 2010 at 2:49 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: 1. If God wasn't fully man.. then it wouldn't be much of a sacrifice.. but he was.

Except he wasn't, he was the transcendent mind and a human at the same time, so his 3 day inconvenience wasn't even a total inconvenience as he still existed in full during the time in question. He didn't even have to stop 'being' for a second.

Tell me, how does any of this gets remotely close to Sacrifice?

Quote:2. Jesus was already God

Is he God or like God? After Jesus died is there still a separate mind of Jesus in heaven in your view? Or did the minds merge?
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