2007-10-19 10:13:02 · 19 answers · asked by Future 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Therefore rendering the whole biblical account unreliable and suspect.
2007-10-19 10:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was there in the beginning, and where it says God spoke and angel of God, it means Jesus.
the old testament does seem to have an angry God, especially compared to "full of compassion" Christ... but really, God is Just (remember) so He can not tolerate/endure our sins, and if there was one thing that the people in the old testament did a lot of it was 1. complaining (have you read exodus?) and 2. do whatever God told them not to do... So, punishment was needed, to teach the children of God to obey God.
When Christ came he gave a new understanding of the laws, they are much harder to live by (you can't even get angry at a person, or you've as good as killed them), but then he up and died for us, and as he did, he took all sins, every sin I've committed, you've committed, every person on earth's sin... and in doing so made us much more acceptable to God. So now God doesn't seem as harsh and demanding as he did during Job's, Moses' or Isiah's day.
2007-10-19 17:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by Christian in Kuwait 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is God, so no.
I don't want this to end in a debate about the trinity ... but...
In the OT, God lays out a plan for salvation knowing the Jews won't be able to follow it....therefore, he promises them a savior, to atone for sin once and for all. Jesus was the fulfillment of that promise. That is why Jesus was called the Lamb of God, he was a blood sacrifice to atone for all of man's sin at once.
But Jesus himself said the two most important things are: Love God, and love your neighbor. So if Jesus' #1 thing is to love God, then Jesus can't be replacing the OT version of God.
Whew. Hope that made sense and hope it helps.
Take comfort in knowing: Our human minds can only comprehend finite things. Concepts of an infinite God cannot be fully understood. I'm not taking an easy way out, just pointing out that we'll never fully understand everything while we are human.
2007-10-19 17:22:48 · answer #3 · answered by Richard F 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't understand how his dying washed away our supposed sins anyway. People were tortured all the time. They still are. So its not like what happened to him was anything out of the ordinary, that's what they did to people they called criminals or heretics.
There is no proof that he was divine only human. We only have what human beings wrote, which is suspect because they were human. and human beings are deceitful, especially when trying to win you over to their side. There's not telling what stories are true and which stories were just handed down and simply believed whether they really happened or not.
What we know is that Jesus was born, which means he was a human being and that he did a lot of great things and said a lot of great things. All of which had been said before. See Buddhism.
2007-10-19 17:28:55 · answer #4 · answered by magichanzz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean? The God in the Old testament was Jesus. How do I know this? John 1 says that there was nothing made that He didnt make. So in Gen when He says 'Let us make man in our own image' that was Jesus! He was never a tyrant. Men just thought they could live the way they wanted to with out God. God had to show them that apart from Him, they could do nothing. The law came to show us our sin. Jesus came in the flesh to redeem us from sin. Its simple really.
2007-10-19 17:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by beauty4ashes 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was the Old Testament God.
2007-10-19 17:16:24 · answer #6 · answered by saintrose 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Jesus wasn't created, he is the very image of God, and was here from the very beginning. And Jesus came to save us from going to HELL, a terrible place non-believers go.
2007-10-19 17:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ross 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, God was never "tyrannical". Read through the Psalms. God is clearly seen as loving and compassionate. Jesus is the result of God's compassion.
2007-10-19 17:17:32 · answer #8 · answered by phil 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Exactly. Focus groups found him to be "Grumpy," "Nasty," "Mean," and "Unlikable," to quote from just a few of the surveys participants filled out. So, for the sequel, a more likable son character was added, in the hopes of moving more merchandise.
2007-10-19 17:16:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very good question, but still after Jesus Christians fought wars in his name. It's not the deity but the people who worship it.
2007-10-19 17:16:39 · answer #10 · answered by Allison P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋