greyline

I'm a wee bit confused now about what the topic of this thread is, but I just wanted to add to the above: what is the big deal with Christ's suffering and "sacrifice"? Yes it was a horrible way to die, but look at what he was getting out of it:

- His death meant that humans, whom he loved so much, were forgiven of their sins and were getting the chance at eternal life in heaven, apparently a rather nice place.

- He himself was going to heaven to spend eternity with his dad.

- His death was going to become so famous, people are still worshipping him 2000 years later.

What a way to go! I honestly think that most people would agree to a few hours of pain and then death and 2 days in hell if they sincerely believed (and Jesus is God, so he knew all this for a fact - no faith involved) that they would get these eternal rewards.

Face

People have a funny history of hurting themselves to please the supernatural. Or others; Gawd help an Aztec slave sacrifice.

Roland98

Yet another thread split off of this one. I'm sending this to GRD.

Roland98
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