Well, it's that time of year again. The
Easter-bunny makes his annual appearance and the story of Easter in
the biblical sense is told over and over again. Both stories make
about the same sense.
Why would a rabbit bring coloured eggs
? And chocolate goodies ?
I have asked this question many times
before, never received an answer which made sense and I will ask this
question again:
Why would the gruesome killing of a man
bring about the absolution for a sinful world ? Why would the death
of this man cause the forgiveness of all sins and pave the way to
heaven for righteous men and sinners alike ?
There are, of course, no “righteous
men”, since, according to the teachings we are all sinners.
A “Sin”, as I understand it, is a
transgression against God's commandments, and a “debt” which we
owe to the Creator.
Let me just for a minute stay with the
concept of “debt”.
If many people, say everybody, ows me
money, in other words, a debt, would it ever occur to me to say: “If
you kill my son, I will forgive all debts”.
The world would consider me insane. And
yet, we say:
“And God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten son, so that hose who believed in him would
not perish but live forever.”
I have asked this before and I will ask
it again until some one gives me an answer which does not consist of
meaningless gobbledegook:
Where is the connection ? “You kill
my son and as a reward I will forgive your sins.”
(1 John 4:10) “This is love, not that
we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son as an atoning
sacrifice for our sins.”
Wouldn't it have been simpler for God
to say:
“You are a sad, sinning lot. I
will send my Son who will teach you, and if you honour him and
believe in him, and do his bidding, I will forgive your sins and you
shall live forever.
A short time on this earth and
then, with me in heaven forever.
Would
this not have been a good deal simpler ? And much more just ?
What good did the murder do and why was
it needed ?
Who was responsible for his Death ? The
Romans ? The Jewish High Priests? The jewish population ?
According to Jesus himself, nobody was
responsible:
He, in fact stated: “Nobody can take
my life from me but I lay it down of my own accord....” (John
10:18)
So, please, somebody tell me: Could an
all powerful, an all-just, an all-merciful God not have avoided such
cruel torture and final crucifiction and found an easier solution ?
Now we find Jesus on the Cross, between
two thieves, one of whom seems to be a believer and Jesus makes a
promise he may not be able to keep. He says:
“In truth I tell you, today you will
be with me in paradise !”
But Jesus actually stays on Earth for
three more days, then goes to a purgatory and only on the 7th
day does he sit on the right hand side of his father.
Jesus must have erred in his timing, or
the translator-writer of the bible put a comma in the wrong place:
“In truth I tell you today, you will
be with me in paradise.”
The relocation of the comma from before
to after the word “today” would at least make this a fulfillable
promise.
About this one bible-issue alone, there
are so many contradictions, so many absurdities, that I truly do not
expect any sensible explanation.
So,
Bertstravels.
just has to continue believing in the Easterbunny.
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