Why does christianity believe in divine virgin sacrifice? Why didnt this practice end with Ogg and UgUg.?

Question

is there any barbaric reason why the worlds most popular religion is based on virgin birth and sacrifice ?

Answer 1

There is a barbaric reason. Humans just left the caves. We are barbaric.

Answer 2

You have asked three questions.

First, why does Christianity believe in divine virgin sacrifice? If you mean the virgin birth, that was a theological necessity to account for the sinlessness of Jesus. As the prophesied Messiah, if he was born of two biological parents, the sin of Adam would transmit to him, and he would not qualify as a “spotless lamb” for the sacrifice. If he simply popped into being from thin air, he would not be a legitimate member of the human race, and therefore could not represent us in his act of sacrifice. The perfect solution? A virgin birth. By this means, he could give himself as our alternate in punishment, and God could receive his life in place of ours, because he had no sin of his own.

If you mean that the sacrifice of Jesus is somehow similar to the primitive practice of sacrificing virgins to the volcano gods or some such thing, there is a sense in which you are correct. The Bible starts with perfect life in Eden, followed shortly by the sin of Adam and Eve, and the need that created to make amends with God. God instituted sacrifice to communicate at least two things: the severe punishment associated with rebellion against God, and the fact that God would rather show mercy than punish if the sacrifice was acceptable. Therefore, sacrifice as such has always carried the twin messages of justice for sin and mercy for the sinner. However, as the centuries turned into millennia, most people forgot the origin of that meaning, and perverted such sacrifice to much weaker, narrower ideas, such as trying to appease volcano gods and such like. Even so, the one dying in sacrifice was still representative of the group, and had to be a virgin in order to be acceptable to the deity being appeased. However, in Christianity it reaches deeper and expresses the reconciliation of an alienated humanity with its loving Creator, through the willing sacrifice of a qualified mediator, Jesus.

Second, while I have no specific knowledge of Ogg and UgUg, I presume you mean that as human consciousness improved over time, we would have seen the whole thing as ridiculous and stopped doing it. This question assumes we are making progress. I do not share your optimism. I personally think human stupidity may actually be getting worse. By contrast, the example of Jesus giving his life to save the lives of those he loved is a model so full of goodness and love that it can never become out of date. If anything, it is a model of the future we should all be striving for: a world full of people who have a universal unselfish desire for the well-being of others.

Therefore, your third question must receive an answer of “No.” Yes, there are reasons. No, they are not barbaric. Perhaps a better form of the question is this: Why is the sacrifice model so successful in its appeal to so many people over so much time? Perhaps there is something to it after all.

Answer 3

Are you saying that Jesus' death on the cross was a divine virgin sacrifice? I thought it had more to do with him being the Son of God, and sin-free.

However it is rather barbaric for someone to lower their understanding to the point of ignorance in order to make a base point.

Answer 4

They are archetypal symbols, found across human cultures, representative of the psychological process of letting go of mere beliefs and ego-constructed identity.

To be virginal is to be "untouched" by constructed opinionatedness. To sacrifice is to let go of cherished notions in order to be experientially intimate with the nature of life beneath and before our philosophies.

More simply put, they are symbols of humility and honesty.
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Answer 5

The ancient Egyptian religion of the trinity is in the guise of christianity. Why sacrifice? In all ancient religions, the sacrificial person was eaten by the "gods", kings and queens. Archaeologists don't want this known. Raw of course.

Answer 6

If Christians actually believed in sacrificing virgins, your question might be answerable....

....but, since Christians don't believe in sacrificing virgins, the question is nonsensical.

There is self-sacrifice: Like the christian belief of Jesus dying for humanity's sins or a Nun's vow of chastity, but that's another issue.

Answer 7

God tested the character of the men He used to LEAD the people to the Promised Land.
He did not make them sacrifice, though.

Mary was a virgin, and yes, JESUS was born of a virgin.
The REASON is that GOD so loved the world, He gave His only son to die for EVERY sin we will commit and have ever committed.

Answer 8

"Divine virgin sacrifice"?? Mary wasn't sacrificed, dear one.

And Jesus CHOSE to come here and be the perfect "Lamb" for sacrifice.

So please stop ridiculing that which you don't understand. But instead, learn about it and be tolerant if you disagree with what you learn.

God bless!

Answer 9

Sacrifice is about putting something ahead of yourself...that in and of itself makes it unpopular today and me first seems to be the talk of the town.

Answer 10

"divine virgin sacrifice" What are you talking about.

Get a grip, and try reading the Bible.