Jesus question

Wasn’t the devil like bff’s with Jesus at one point and then he was banished? Well what if during that time they were like, okay lets make these people feel like they sin against the greater good and threaten them of the eternal damned or utopia and see how they each take this information in their human lives with such opportunities to indulge in sins and being a good person.
I don’t know my religious stance, I feel spiritual though. But dying for our sins kind of sounds like we are the victims of some huge sin that we have already made when we are born?
Another thing, Jesus was Jewish right, so why do people like feel negative about Jewish people, and why are they Christian not Jewish?

@iambrian, It’s all bullshit in my opinion, so don’t even worry about it! :) By the way, I grew up Catholic and spent Kindergarten through Senior year of High School studying the good ol’ dude Jesus, so I’m not just some dude.

Also, sins would require the idea of right and wrong. Your right can be my wrong and vise versa.

@iambrian, Look at the history of Judaism: Jewish would make an animal sacrifice, the sin of the family is put into the animal then the animal is destroyed. This clenses the family of their sin for a time. Sin is inherited from Adam and Eve, it is what they chose and it is what drives us away from a relationship with God.
To place your sin on an animal then destroy it was a way to come back toward God, not completely but enough to forge some kind of relationship. But an animal is an imperfect creature, so are human beings, but in Christian belief Jesus was perfect, the perfect sacrifice. Being an absolute, this perfect sacrifice can cover the sin of all mankind for all time.
The ransom sacrifice of the perfect vessel means humans can come to a more fulfilled relationship with God then ever before, but the cost is repentance, turning away from sin, which means although you cannot help to sin you never do it with intent and you actively try to avoid it where you can.
Originally, even if you did this, you would gradually degrade into a state unfit for a relationship with God, but now that degradation is automatically reversed simply by repentance, turning away, avoiding the intent of sin and avoiding sin where it is possible to do so.

@newworldscholar, There are certain flaws to this approach but quite frankly that’s the best case scenario of the explanation of the bible I’ve heard so kudos!

Pity mankind can’t see it that way in our modern era.

But everything is ego now. Facebook vague status updates to initiate concern, post your food on Instagram, Check-in to bars and clubs that are supposedly such fun that you found the time to tear yourself away from the enjoyment to let everyone else know. Me, me, me. Too many morons have been given a platform to voice themselves and feel important and yes even as I type this I realise I am rambling so I will shut up… now.

All your opinions are just that opinions,and most sound like BS to me.

@rstevehardy, My first comment is not an opinion, that is exactly what “Jesus died for our sins” means, or is supposed to. Christians don’t do animal sacrifices because of that. But then they invented a whole bunch of crap about confession, which is completely irrelevant and only for people who don’t even want to attempt self-control.
My second comment, yes opinion, but BS? Yes in the sense that you don’t need to know it.

@nooneknows, Fucking hipsters.

Too cool to accept the death of JC as a crucifixion huh

You can’t make sense of religion.

Religion is retarded and doesn’t make sense at all.

It’s just one huge misconception.

Ignore it.

Wow, I don’t assign to religion, I don’t think it is needed. The only value I see is for introspection, that you can see the logic and benefit in interacting with people in the most appropriate way, whatever that may mean to you. But so many people are so jaded by religion, hostile reactions to what you claim is so pointless, if you really believe religion is so irrelevant then you could objectively discuss it rather than out bursting in a bias view.
The fact is religion is NOT irrelevant because so many people assign to one incarnation or another and they are passionate about it, and most of the rest of people so passionately respond against it. It seems it is relevant to all, as I see it.

If Jesus died for our sins, why did he supposedly rise from death? How are the sins getting paid if he’s alive?

The way I was taught as a child, as well as my adult understanding today, lead me to this. Eve was the first human to commit sin by eating the forbidden fruit. God cast Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, and humankind was forced to live harsh lives and struggle with temptation. Those who were victorious, for the most part, would be admitted to heaven, those who were not, to hell (with a few in the gray area that wait in purgatory). Jesus, as Christians believe, was the Messiah, whose purpose in life was to give his own life so that we may be free from sin. In the three days between Jesus’ death and resurrection, he guided all the souls in hell up to heaven, opening the gates to all people and, therefore, saving us from our sins.