If from the very beginning you take out the need for perfection then there is no need for some external saviour.
The entire premise of needing somebody die for my sins is based on an oppressive assumption that God wants us to be something that we were CREATED to never be.
This "perfection" concept is not Abrahamic in any way.
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2007-07-23 14:51:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think quite the opposite. The church would have us think, we are imperfect when we already are perfect in everyway as in all of God's creation. Why did the church have us believe that we are the only "exception" when all God has created is perfect. Ever read the bible? More of a political story collection and passed of as holy historical text. Find out how the bible really came about before quoting from it. www.bidstrup.com/bible.htm
2007-07-23 14:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by JunHao Loke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for a start, this is not the world God created for mankind, but rather the broken twisted peices of that once perfect world. God made Adam and Eve perfect; but He also gave the free will. Both freely rejected God in His perfection, and as a result became imperfect. The only way our "perfection" can be restored is if a perfect being gave us His. Something broken can NOT fix itself.
2007-07-23 21:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by Linda J 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible quotes that Adam and Eve were once perfect by God's creation. That answers your second paragraph.
The need for perfection is not to expect perfection but to strive as best as one can to be perfect in the eyes of the Lord. He'll judge you on the effort so exact perfection is understandably unattainable.
Oppressive? Only if you think so.
2007-07-23 22:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by My Final Answer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. We were created perfect.
2 Adam and Eve ruined the perfection by listening to satan.
3.God will not have us live eternally in imperfection
4.God sent a perfect sacrifice to pay for our imperfection.
5. We are made perfect by Jesus' sacrifice
6 We can live eternally in perfection if we accept the sacrifice as payment for our imperfection.
7 problem solved.
2007-07-23 22:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by Yo C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God never expected us to be perfect on earth. That is the whole reason for life. There would be no need for a savior if He expected us to be perfect. If that were the case, then we wouldn't be given options for choosing wrong. All our choices would lead to a perfect solution, and there would be no growth, no learning and no advancement.
It is something to strive for, but not something that is expected of us. Yes, God would like to see all of us as perfect, and that is what the atonement and the ability to repent is for. We can make mistakes, but we are able to be forgiven of those mistakes.
2007-07-23 22:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by odd duck 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you misunderstand.
Humans, as God intially created them, were perfect (in the sense that they did no wrong). But thanks to external temptation and free will, Adam and Eve sinned and made humankind imperfect. So God is not oppressive in expecting us to accept Jeses as a savior.
2007-07-23 22:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we were not created to be perfect, then why does God command us to be holy as He is holy (Leviticus 19:2, 1 Peter 1:16)?
2007-07-23 22:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It gives us an ideal toward which to strive. We can't be perfect, but we are encouraged to try. And the knowledge that we can't be perfect gives us humility.
Whether you're Christian or not you should try to become a better person than you are, it never hurts.
2007-07-23 21:56:34 · answer #8 · answered by Somes J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only want to say that I believe we are not imperfect.
I believe that God could do no less than perfect. We are, as we are, exactly as God would have us.
2007-07-23 21:55:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jeff B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think christianity expects perfection, i dont think christianity expects that much...i think it was a convenient religion at the time because it was very undemanding, no more sacrifices, no more worshipping statues, no more visiting 23 temples, no more doing or not doing certain things or eating certain things...christian was a convenient religion because it expected little from the believers
2007-07-23 22:08:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋