2007-09-13 10:40:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
'Inconveniencing' would perhaps be more accurate.
2007-09-13 10:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
It was a "final sacrifice"--the last one to end the process. Thus, it could be symbolic in nature. However, the West HORRIBLY and perversely over-emphasizes the "sacrifice" and "blood price" aspect of it, anyway. The "sacrifice" doesn't matter nearly so much as the resurrection. That is the real point of it. The "sacrifice" was merely a necessary prelude to the far more important resurrection, but the West gets it backwards, emphasizing the pain and bloodletting over the healing and redemption.
2007-09-13 10:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes. it was. seeing that he sacrificed his life. He could have made the choice to not go through with it. The crucifixion wasn't the only part either. he suffered for our sins. All Jesus had to do was decide not atone for our sins and basically continue to live on the earth and do what he wanted. But he made the choice. and if you knew how brutal crucifixion were back then, you would understand the pain and sacrifice.
2007-09-13 11:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Would you be willing to go through the Passion on behalf of someone else if you knew you would come back to life in 3 days? Why not, if there is no sacrifice involved? Besides, simply becoming human is sacrificing yourself when you are the Lord, God, and Creator of humans.
2007-09-13 10:50:33 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
That's like getting a popsicle out of the freezer, unwrapping it, walking over to the trash can, and throwing the popsicle away and shoving the wrapper in your mouth.
2007-09-13 10:49:30 · answer #5 · answered by Brandon's been a dirty Hore 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So if god only needs to spend a couple days of torture and three days vacationing in hell to cover ALL of man's sins, then we shouldn't have to suffer any more than that after our deaths if we haven't repented.
I love it, these christians ACTUALLY think the Passion of the Christ is a historic account. I bet they think Mel Gibson had a time machine.
2007-09-13 10:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by Dark-River 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How about,.... I pray for you, to discover just exactly what 'sacrificing yourself' really means, so that you will have a more humble appreciative attitude toward what Jesus did for you? ! O.K.?!
2007-09-13 15:10:44 · answer #7 · answered by God's Fountain Pen 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ah, but he felt the pain of his death, so apparently that's a sacrifice. I've asked. Apparently the physical pain had a lot to do with it. Of course it's entirely possible that, as God, he could've made himself forget the horrible torture just as soon as he got his magical superpowers back.
2007-09-13 10:46:00 · answer #8 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Of course I would, and I would expect several high schools to be named after me at Least!
2007-09-13 10:47:46 · answer #9 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you sacrificed 3 days.
2007-09-13 10:46:39 · answer #10 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
I think it would be considered confusing.
Possibly also insanitary, depending whether you're in a warm or a cold country.
2007-09-13 10:47:58 · answer #11 · answered by Helen M 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋