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Unbeliever · 10-07-2006, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gurugeorge

God then sent his only-begotten Son to atone for that original sin, and only if you accept that atonement is your slate wiped clean of original sin. Then you only have your own personal sins to deal with.

But Mary, the mother of Jesus, was relieved of her original sin (by an "Immaculate Conception") so she could be the "Mother of God". I don't understand why God couldn't simply make use of that strategy on a wider scale and relieve everyone of their original sin.

fredhsu · 10-07-2006, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Nostalgic Pushhead

I was reading The God Delusion, and Dawkins pointed out something so unbelievably obvious ....

..Very simply: most Christians take the OT, and especially Genesis, as metaphore. If Adam and Eve never really existed; if Eve never ate the apple; then what purpose did Jesus serve?

...If a Christian doesn't believe in A&E, they can't believe in Christ's divinity...

One of the main themes in God Delusion is the Christian habit of picking favorite Bible stories and ignoring outdated stories which do not jib with contemporary philosophy. And indeed, if you consider A&E e metaphore, there is no point in believing Jesus really died on the cross to wash away our sin.

But let's not forget that the Jesus-blood-atones-for-our-sin theory is a Pauline invention. And this issue has nothing to do with Christ's divinity.

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