Because before he died he muttered something like " God you have forsaken me"? If God existed he would not let Jesus die such a terrible death.
So that proves, without reasonable doubt, that Jesus was indeed an Atheist before he died and that his delusion about being the son of God, was just that.
At last we know the truth.
2007-11-16 10:48:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is assuming he even really existed,
If in the event he did and he came back today i think he would be embarrassed by Christianity today....
2007-11-16 11:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by Heathen Atheist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the danger of taking an isolated sentence in the Bible, which is rich in contextual meaning and metaphor, and making a joke of it. The Bible is full of paradox, not contradiction, and Jesus chose to come to Earth as a human--his cry was indeed from the Psalms, as David often called out to God when he thought God has forsaken him. Jesus' suffering was a willing payment--a moment of calling out means nothing in the grander scheme of things. You should be ashamed at yourself for suggesting He was an atheist (even logically, you don't call out to someone you don't think exists).
2007-11-16 11:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anna P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Jesus spoke to God as He was dying, how could you surmise that he was an atheist? He was quoting a Psalm, for one thing...that's where the phrase came from. And you have to realize that at that very moment, because all the sin of the world was on Him, the Spirit had to leave, and Jesus was separated from The Father and The Spirit for the first time in eternity. And He WILLING came to earth to do this for you. God did not make Him. God willing came to earth to reveal Himself, and show us the way back to Him. This grace is an unbelievabe gift.
2007-11-16 11:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Jesus was just crying out
but i can assure you that Jesus was never an atheist
God does exsist and he did have Jesus die because he was dying for our sins
in the bible verse John 3:16 said "that for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in Him shall never die but have eternal life."
(eternal life meaning in heaven)
The Romans did not believe in him and thought he was a trouble maker so they killed him then when he was dying on the cross he was in pain therefore he said "God why have you forsaken me."
but you believe whatever you want
2007-11-16 11:06:55 · answer #4 · answered by Rachel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't the phrase 'God you have foresaken me' actually prove that he believed in God, he just knew that God was not there with him at that moment. This makes sense based on what we know of Jesus's sacrifice.
Think of sin as like pollution in the air. The more we sin, the thicker this fog gets, cutting us off from God. Jesus took our sins upon himself so that we could have a clear way between us and God. This means that all of our sins were, instead of cutting us off from God, cutting him off from God while he was dying on the cross. Therefore, his last words make complete sense.
I believe that, although Jesus's physical suffering on the pain was horrible and immense, his spiritual pain of being cut off from the father was much worse.
2007-11-16 11:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by Kisses & Hugs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
savedbygrace is right.
Jesus was quoting Psalm 22
Psalm 22:1
[ For the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David. ] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?
Now you know the TRUTH.
'''''Shaking head'''''in unbelief..
Sapient.....You do realize The Old Testament was already written.
Only the New Testament was written after Jesus.
2007-11-16 10:53:36 · answer #6 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Um, well, being an atheist means not believing in god. Sounds like, from your own question, he still believed in god, he just didn't understand why he had abandoned him.
Not that I think that story is true to begin with, but your question seems flawed.
LMAO @ savedbygrace.... Who are you calling an idiot? You do realize the bible didn't exist yet, when Jesus supposedly lived, don't you?
2007-11-16 10:52:17 · answer #7 · answered by I, Sapient 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, an Atheist died as Jesus.
2007-11-16 21:47:52 · answer #8 · answered by ADS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude, you totally missed the point here. Supposedly, Jesus was sent, by God, specifically for this sacrifice.
2007-11-16 10:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by Rance D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Jesus died in seperation from the Father. He called upon God even in his death. Your logic gives you no better chance than that.
2007-11-16 10:57:27 · answer #10 · answered by sympleesymple 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋