@Debby
Hmmmm, the Bible Jesus is God? Is that why he said, And around the ninth hour Jesus shouted-out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”, that is, “My God, My God, why did you forsake Me?”
Don't think like SomRek.
Hmmmm, the Bible Jesus is God? Is that why he said, And around the ninth hour Jesus shouted-out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”, that is, “My God, My God, why did you forsake Me?”
Don't think like SomRek.
Jesus felt forsaken because he was alone on the cross alongside two other criminals. But later he was united with his father in heaven.
Yep, such are Middle Eastern inspired myths and legends.
And perhaps there was a character, maybe Yeshua (though I don't have a Hebrew keyboard), who much later was referred to as Jesus.
And as we know, GOD is an old English word.
the Bible Jesus is God? Is that why he said, And around the ninth hour Jesus shouted-out with a loud voice, saying,“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”, that is, “My God, My God, why did you forsake Me?”
That then should read: Me Me, why have I forsaken Me!.?
Probably makes more sense considering that HIS mission to take on the whole of the Roman Empire with just a rag -tag band of Galilean Zealots failed miserably thereby forsaking himself .
Remember Jesus prayed the previous night hoping the bitter cup would pass. But when he found himself on the Ross he felt abandoned. But he accepted his mission and fulfilled it on the cross.
OMG, he found himself on Ross on the tv show Friends????
Actually Ross is a town in Herefordshire.
I never knew that the son of a GOD was once abandoned there.
Bromsgrove maybe...But that's in Worcestershire.
And for sure, being nailed to a cross is mission fulfilling, especially for S and M fetishists...Second cumming indeed...And a third and fourth.
What is more stunning is the Romans who crucified him 370 years later embrace Christianity and made it a universal religion
Yep, such was the recognised benefit of religious politics as a method of subjugation and control.
And as we now see, RC Inc. has become a hugely successful global business and entertainment empire.
For sure, clever needs stupid and stupid always needs clever.
How has Judaism survived without being clever?
The people behind the ideology will likely be just as clever as anyone else.
Generational data transfer ensures that the ideology survives
All religions have survival skills.
Well, religions are inanimate concepts.
But for sure, herd mentality is one survival strategy.
How can religion be inanimate concepts and also help develop the herd mentality?
Logically, God must be good.
If God were evil, then there would exist no good or concept of what good was in our world.
How would we be able to explain the presence of good?
God sacrificed his only begotten son Jesus so that whoever believed I him would have eternal life.
Hi Debby,
That's true - but hear is another question - is the belief a condition for eternal life or a gift of eternal life? A small clue would be to check the Greek.
It’s a condition for eternal life. The gift is the second chance to be saved.