Do you know why we need Jesus Christ?

Question

The Bible says that there is no one who is Good. The only one Good is God. When we die God will judge us by His moral laws. If we stand guilty before God, we will end up in Hell. Jesus Christ died on a cross and rose again to pay the debt for Everyones sins. To take part in His free gift a Salvation is to Repent, which means to ask for forgiveness, turn away from your sins, and put your complete Trust in Jesus Christ. This is the only way to be Saved and Accepted by God into Heaven for an Eternity. The alternative is an Eternity of Punishment in Hell.

Answer 1

"Dying for sins" is such a inane concept. It's juvenile, superstitious and just plain silly. No one can "die" for anyone else. And no one can take anyone's "sins" (wrongdoings) away. Doing wrong is not a thing -- it's a non-thing, it's a negative, a void, an emptiness. The only thing that stops a person from doing wrong is gaining the wisdom to know it's wrong. The only thing that stops a "sin" is enlightenment --- comprehending why it's wrong to to that particular thing. But Christianity began on the premise that people are stupid, and that 'God' isn't much brighter.

'God' is about truth and discovery, about living and learning. Imo the rabbi Jesus tried to teach that, but Christianity made him a cover boy martyr for the mythological messianic-gone-mad religion Paul created.

Answer 2

Jesus almost certainly died while impaled on a simple stake, rather than a cross of two intersecting beams. Of course the Romans had the ability to create such devices, and probably did. But ask yourself: why they would have bothered when a simple stake would have worked just as well or better?

It is also enlightening to examine other relevant Scriptures.

You may be interested to see how your own copy of the bible translates Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, and Acts 10:39. The King James, Revised Standard, Dyaglott, and Jerusalem Bible translate the instrument of Christ's death simply as "stake" or "tree" because the original wording simply does not support the idea that this was more than a piece of upright wood.

It is also eye-opening to examine how the first-century Christians felt about idols of any kind, much less one that glorified an instrument of death.

Learn more:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2005/5/8a/article_01.htm

Answer 3

What utter nonsense. You choose to base your world-view on the myths, superstitions, fairy tales and fantastical delusions of an ignorant bunch of Bronze Age fishermen and wandering goat herders, and declare them to represent some kind of cosmic 'TRUTH'... without the least bit of credible evidence.

Faith is a substitute for evidence. Belief is a substitute for knowledge. Neither faith nor belief are sufficient to sustain reason... they are only sufficient to sustain willful ignorance and delusion.

Science, logic, reason, and critical thought have long been regarded (by religious people) as the enemies of religion. Considering that those are the tools of highly intelligent people, it should not come as a huge shock to learn that intelligence (or lack of it) has some connection to religious belief. In fact, there are about 40 studies, conducted over the past 80 years or so, that reveal a statistically significant NEGATIVE CORRELATION between intelligence and religiosity. In plainer language, that means that they found that the more intelligent a person is, the LESS likely that person is to be religious... or, reciprocally, the LESS intelligent a person is, the MORE likely that person is to be religious.

If you think about it, those findings make a lot of sense. Intelligence tests mainly provide an indication of reasoning ability and problem solving ability... logic, reason and critical thought. These are the very qualities that see through religion, and recognize it for what it is; i.e., religion cannot survive the glaring light of reason and critical thought. This was well understood by important figures in religious history. This is why the early church destroyed all the 'tainted' (non-canonical) writings, which were in conflict with dogma... Greek philosophy, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, engineering... all the good stuff. By this means, Christianity dragged humanity directly into the Dark Ages.

Just to illustrate the point, let's see what Martin Luther, the 'father' of protestantism, had to say about 'reason' and secular knowledge:

"Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God." ~ Martin Luther

"Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but -- more frequently than not -- struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God." ~ Martin Luther

"There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason... Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed." ~ Martin Luther

"Reason should be destroyed in all Christians." ~ Martin Luther

Answer 4

That is wonderful for you to believe, but please try to understand not everyone believes what you do. I do not believe in the bible or god. That does not make me a bad person, just different from you.

Answer 5

Sorry, using the bible to try and convince me of things never works.

Answer 6

the bible also is self referential and therefore suspect as valid historical documentation

Answer 7

Amusing little story. Does it really seem all that plausible to you?

Answer 8

I agree

Answer 9

Huh? I don't want to go to your Christian heaven.

Answer 10

"the bible says"

so what?