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Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?

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Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
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Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 8:04 am
I know that i'm an Atheist but The thread asks the question, I look forward to some answers.
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 10:18 am
Why?? Skunk
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 11:37 am
Hey....what's that compared to the rest of the bullshit story?

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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 11:44 am
I just don't get that whole story at all. Dumb, dumb, dumb. I was told my my crazed, super religious nephew that I should read the bible. I laughed at him.
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Good question. My guess would be that the god you're talking about is really into the circular business. It's kind of a hallmark.
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Regardless of whether it was himself or part of himself or something else entirety. Regardless of whether it actually happened or not and regardless as to the value of said sacrifice, Self-sacrifice is a cornerstone of Christianity. I hope that shortened the exchanging of ideas to a much smaller thread than this could turn into.
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Quote:Self-sacrifice is a cornerstone of Christianity.


Really?


When Urban II launched the Crusades he did not pick up a spear and lead them. He stayed on his fat ass in Rome.

I'd say conning other people into making "sacrifices" is the cornerstone of xtianity, tack.




(Of course, I admit to having a notoriously bad attitude on the subject!)
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 4:35 pm
(June 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm)tackattack Wrote: Regardless of whether it was himself or part of himself or something else entirety. Regardless of whether it actually happened or not and regardless as to the value of said sacrifice, Self-sacrifice is a cornerstone of Christianity. I hope that shortened the exchanging of ideas to a much smaller thread than this could turn into.
You are not claiming christian monopoly on the idea are you, for the concept existed long before christ allegedly walked the earth?
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 4:41 pm
(June 23, 2010 at 4:33 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:Self-sacrifice is a cornerstone of Christianity.

Really? When Urban II launched the Crusades he did not pick up a spear and lead them. He stayed on his fat ass in Rome. I'd say conning other people into making "sacrifices" is the cornerstone of xtianity, tack. (Of course, I admit to having a notoriously bad attitude on the subject!)

that's some genius right there.
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RE: Why did God require a sacrifice of Himself to Himself?
June 23, 2010 at 4:48 pm
(June 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm)tackattack Wrote: Regardless of whether it was himself or part of himself or something else entirety. Regardless of whether it actually happened or not and regardless as to the value of said sacrifice, Self-sacrifice is a cornerstone of Christianity. I hope that shortened the exchanging of ideas to a much smaller thread than this could turn into.

Yes, but Christianity teaches that Jesus died so God could forgive our sins. God killed a part of himself so he could forgive us? Surely self-sacrifice is only good because it pleases God (what a wonderful basis for morality!), so God's sacrificing himself would do bugger all good, as far as I can see. Of course, according to fundamentalists, most of the world's population is going to burn for eternity for either not believing the right dogma or for doing things which certain people are naturally inclined to do, so his sacrifice didn't really save us, anyway. Go God. I could run a universe better than he does while being mind-numblingly drunk and blindfolded and having had a major lobotomy.
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