Questions for Xians We Don't Often Hear Part 2

Here's part 2. Ask 'em these!

Here's part 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovA2VJMxNW8

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[chachee99]

A priest will state that Jesus was to be the new gate keeper. However, I have a different opinion. Jesus dying on the cross was the churches way to change the old tyrant God who demands loyalty into a loving forgiving God who loves people very much.

[aajoeyjo]

cgacgee99 - That makes sense. Except that Jesus wasn't so loving. He promised to return to Earth and destroy all non-Christians, among other negative things.

It's a good thing for Jesus that most Christians simply don't read what he said. It's a good thing for all of humanity that Jesus is a myth.

[fyphfoko]

i'm not christian

the only problem i have though is that jc could have been sacrificing his life if a, he didn't know he would be reserected, or b, ge thought there might be soem bad consequence on his part if he went ahead an ddid what he did

and he could have been defending humans to his angery father, who finaly decided to close the gates

[aajoeyjo]

fyphfoko - That's all a lot of could'ves and should'ves in the face of a very clear story that explained itself already. Sure there are a lot of more logical ways the story could've gone, but Jesus was comfortable with his fate and God was on his side, according to his character in that story.

I have often thought about what a logical person would've done instead, and yes, there are lots of possibilities.

[AChrisp]

Wonderful video, I really enjoyed it. Though I am a believer, I also know that the best way to experience God, is NOT through organized religion or the Bible.  If ones "faith" cannot handle thought provoking discourse, with contrary views expressed, what does that really say? I was not the least bit offended by anything I saw in this video. When people cling to a "textbook" or mantras, they are saying, they don't want to think, "safe-place, safe-place". We were all given a heart and a brain!

[aajoeyjo]

AChrisp - Thanks! That's mighty kind of you.

[snoopval]

I never villafied Pilot either, I don't think he wanted to kill Jesus and he seemed to go against the grain of that time and question things.

To answer your question I would say that Jesus changed the way we could communicate with God, and helpe bridge the gap between God and man.

[davidmelnick]

ego-trips galore & astronomy relations...again. ;)

[davidmelnick]

ego-trips galore eh. ;)

[TenderTrap86]

It's also interesting to note that two famous psychiatrists, Freud and Frankl, although they had opposing views, both said the same thing: sex only for the sake of pleasure leads to neurosis. Freud: man is an animal who has instinctual needs to progenate and therefore must not upset this primal, animalistic drive(he had 6 kids). Frankl: when the sexual act isn't for unitive and procreative purposes, the participants are actually userers, and are, in reality, just masturbating on another person.

[TenderTrap86]

God made sex feel so awesome because He wants as many people as possible to experience His infinite love. He told Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. When two people love each other and conception is possible and desired, the act of sex is fully realized. Deep love leads to an incarnation; becoming flesh (a typology of God's Incarnation through the person of Christ for mankind). This is why homosexual sex is condemned. Although they may be in love, their love will never give life to flesh.

[TenderTrap86]

Jesus didn't nonchalantly accept His fate. Remember that He despaired greatly in Gethsemane before His arrest.///"Sin is still around". A nail was driven through a board (sin). The nail is removed(Christ redemptive suffering). However, even though the nail is gone, a hole still remains(the undeniable and irreversable effects of sin). But, that void can be filled with something else to compensate(the sacraments)./// I don't care all that much whether or not anybody toes my "party line".

[TenderTrap86]

In Judeo-Christian theology, the Old Testament prophets didn't go to heaven or hell. Every single person who died went to the same place, good and evil. Hell was a generic term for the abode of the dead. You said you were raised a Catholic and that's part of the Apostles Creed; "...He descended into hell..." Heaven opened up because of Christ's sacrifice. His descent into hell brought the righteous into God's eternal grace in Heaven and the evil into the eternal abscence of God's grace in Hell.

[wackydan74]

Jesus so called death was a roman catholic concoction kept in place with bloodshed that ended up being the greatest "money spinner" of all time!

[35youngdemar]

Could it be if we followed these rules we wouldnt have Aids, aborted babies(over 40 million), single parent homes, diseases, and people having sex with animals? Think about it.

[35youngdemar]

As far as sex. God created it for a husband and wife. Between a man an a woman. The Bible says the marriage bed is undefiled. So what are you talking about? Whats condemned is Homosexuality, ( which we see the effects of that today right?) Bestiality, thats a no brainer to you I hope. And fornication.