There is no reason to believe Jesus died for our sins, unless God is too weak and despicable to forgive our sins. God is not despicable, but Christianity is despicable for claiming that God murdered His own prophet to atone for mankind. This is foolishness, utter nonsense.
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (Psalms 103:8)
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Psalms 145:8)
But christianity insists that sins of mankind could not be forgiven without redemption ... Doesn't that make God weak? that He wills to do something but He can't, despite wishing to do so ... ?
2007-09-10 06:36:39 · 12 answers · asked by Questioner08 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible was meant to be understood by comparison to life, it was not meant to be interpreted in the literal sense.
2007-09-10 06:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You do not understand God or His attributes. God is holy above all. All His characteristics flow from that holiness. Man, in his flesh, is totally depraved, sinful, and wicked. The wages of sin is death, that is how serious God takes sin. He is also perfectly righteous, and in order for His righteousness to be satisfied, someone has to die to pay for our sins. He cannot go against His absolute holiness and permit sin into Heaven, and He cannot go against His righteousness and allow sin to go unpunished. Jesus, who is God, was and is a perfectly, sinless being, He was the only one who could satisfy God the Father's righteousness, and pay the price for the sins of His people. This is not a solely Christian idea, it is Biblical, old and new testament. What do you think the passover was about?
Bottom line, sin has to be payed for, God's holiness and righteousness demands it. Either Christ paid with His life, or you pay.
2007-09-10 07:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was not from weakness God chose to bring his only son to bear our sins on the cross, but from the redemptive act of love.
Our sin hides the face of God from looking upon us because he is a holy God who had once made us in his image. Yet, he created man that we might live and abide with him out of our own free will. When we choose to believe him that we need the blood of the cross to cover our sin, we are saying, "God I put my trust in you and I believe you." This is how you show love by acknowledging the person who is speaking to you and the same with acknowledging God.
Love takes much more strength then hate and brutality. Just try to restrain yourself when someone angers you and you will see, "LOVE TAKES STRENGTH."
2007-09-10 08:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by Bobby B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is not weak! He is powerful and almighty! He sent His Son to die on the cross for the remission of our sins. Before this there had to be animal sacrifices for remission, but Jesus took on all of mankind's sins so that we could be forgiven. God has a plan for every thing that is done. Why do you want to blaspheme against God? Don't you know that that is the one sin that is not forgiven? God have pity on your soul for thinking this way!
2007-09-10 06:50:45 · answer #4 · answered by Karen K 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No it means that God can not do something against his nature. Since God is perfection he can not accept anything that is imperfect because then he would not be God. Sin is imperfection and so can not be around God, in fact "the wages of sin is death". Something has to die to atone for sin. Christ paid that price for you so you do not have too.
2007-09-10 06:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by mrglass08 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any deity worth its salt should be able to come up with a better way, if not a less black and white method of allowing free will.
Of course many of the deities running around seem to be interested in fairly petty things like diet and dress codes, this make it extremely hard to take them seriously.
2007-09-10 06:48:38 · answer #6 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He's especially weak against iron:
Judges 1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
2007-09-10 06:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What of hell, smiting, plagues, divine retribution, and AIDs, then? Are you saying the religious right is wrong?
2007-09-10 06:42:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It was God that murdered Himself. You ask wrongly out of ignorance of the Word of God. It was God Himself, that came to this earth in man form, in order to translate between the two.
2007-09-10 06:43:01 · answer #9 · answered by judysbookshop 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
You are blaspheming the word of God,you have to out of your mind.
2007-09-10 06:43:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋