GenesisNemesis

Maybe the ressurection is metaphorical. Maybe Jesus didn't die for our sins but in our sins? Why would there be a need for Jesus dying physically for our sins? Why couldn't God just poof the sins away? And oh yeah, if Jesus is God, then why would He need to die physically at all?

Ryzo

And maybe God is like a metaphor for happiness.

I mean you could believe what is said in the orginal post, and I know some people that do, but like what is the point of being Christian if you do, as you have diluted the religion that far? On the far extreme of that you have people who consider themselves Christians but treat the entire bible as metaphorical. You can do that but, what is the point of calling yourself Christian? It doesn't impact your life OR your beliefs in any way.

If an atheistic and a "christianiac" or other religious position is not mutually exclusive then it is a very weak and unneccessary religious position.

GenesisNemesis

If you taking something too literally, then you might miss the point on the message itself? :huh:

Ryzo

Sometimes that is true, I am not sure that is the case with Jesus's death.

I mean if you take his death metaphorically, then why wouldn't you also take Jesus's life metaphorically too? And if you take his life metaphorically what exactly are you worshipping again?

GenesisNemesis

Well Jesus isn't really God, He said: "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me"

Mageth

If you want a really interesting take on this, read Carl Jung's Answer to Job. In the book, Jung psychoanalyzes the Biblical God, and describes how God becomes self-aware via his interactions with Man.

In summary, Jung postulates that Jesus died, in a sense, not for Man's sins, but for God's sins. Jesus became incarnate and died to reconcile God to Man, not Man to God.

abaddon

They're venerating a meaning-laden metaphor that expresses human's relation to sacred reality ("God") instead of a merely historical (and therefore mundane) event, perhaps?