The Easter Story
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, owes 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 those who believed in him would not perish but live forever.”
I have asked this before and I will ask it again until someone 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, I just have to continue believing in the Easter Bunny.
Bertstravels.
