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What do you think the word "Satanist" means?

If even the contemplation of sinning is a sin (i.e. "sinning in your heart"; see, for example, Matthew 5:28) and if Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert (Matthew 4:5-8, Luke 4:5-9), how can you say that Jesus was without sin?How can SATAN offer the KINGDOM of HEAVENS to CHRIST since HE himself is the owner of the universe?
What is the sin that people committed that is so incredibly bad that God had to become flesh and die to correct?
Did everyone who died before Jesus died go to Hell? Justify your answer.

2006-06-18 22:05:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Sin is substituting something real for something abstract. Sort of like smokers substituting cigarettes for breastfeeding. Jesus offers himself as a substitute for god, and thus becomes the original sin. It's an artifact of consciousness, which is exploited by religion to take money and power from those who don't understand.

2006-06-18 22:19:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

Wow! You sure make a good arguement! Well, i haven't read the Bible(not Bibal) enough to know what happened to those before Jesus died on the cross and resurected three days later. But what i do know, is that when Christ died on the cross, we were given the chance to have our sins forgiven.Satan and his followers had fought against God and His angels (before God made the earth-i think) but God overpowered him, and Satan lost his place in the Kingdom of God, and was hurtled astray...to Hell. (Revelation 12: 7-9) Read these verses and you would understand it better. The Sin that was so bad was that Adam and Eve at the fruit from the Living Tree. They had been tempted by Satan. The reason why their sin couldnt be forgiven, like now, was because Jesus hadn't died on the cross yet.
I know this might seem all confusing, but some things were left to be unknown, because God decided that to be.
;D

2006-06-19 05:32:08 · answer #2 · answered by ♥PurePoison♥ 3 · 0 0

To make a contemplation a sin, one would have to be thinking "how can I do this sin and get away with it" or one could just keep thinking about it because they can not do it but want to.

To be tempted by a sin does not that you are contemplating how to get away with it, but are presented the opportunity to commit a sin.

Satan it the prince of this world, he offered Jesus everything that he had power over, even though it was God who gave Satan that power (for now).

Even the smallest sin is enough to keep us from God. A sin is a sin. It means that we have broken Gods law and are guilty. Therefore we are separated from God (dead). We can not pay the price (death) so Jesus came and took our place on the cross (it we accept His sacrifice).

The Jews were responsible to keep the laws of the old testament. Everyone else who never heard of Gods laws are responsible for the laws of right and wrong that they did know. Just like us, if they did what they knew was right, they will go to heaven, if they did what was wrong (for what ever excuse they came up with) then they will go to hell.

2006-06-19 07:12:45 · answer #3 · answered by tim 6 · 0 0

Jesus was totally sinless form the start.Even though Satan tempted him, he rejected it.Tose who died before Jesus, (Moses for example) had to wait in a special place, (not hell) before Jesus opened the Gates of Heaven.

2006-06-19 05:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by freakazoid17 3 · 0 0

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