Jesus died for the sins of mankind. He didn't come to save any one person, He came to save us all. |
Exactly. So it's #1 then. My question was, why was this necessary? Couldn't God just have forgiven our sins without having his son be brutally killed? I fail to see what one has to do with the other.
You believe in the existence of Jesus but not God? |
My beliefs are irrelevant. I'm trying to understand what you believe. If you're looking for an opportunity to explain your beliefs to others, that is what I'm giving you. I'm genuinely interested.
Jesus said it's only a fool that doesn't believe in God. |
When did Jesus say that? Can you quote a passage?
I suspect you might be mistaken... as that is quite out of character for him. He never belittled others. He didn't even call the Romans killing him fools... instead he said "they know not what they do". Implying ignorance rather than foolishness.
you believe in His existence but not the existence of what He teaches. |
Again this isn't about what I believe. I'm trying to learn more about Christianity.
And I
love most of what Jesus teaches. A lot of what he teaches is to just be an overall awesome human being. Religious context aside, I think the "what would Jesus do" mentality is a great general principle when dealing with general questions of morality.
He teaches love, forgiveness, acceptance, giving, and just overall kindness. If there are 2 role models in dogma I respect more than any other... Jesus is definitely one of them. (Buddha is the other).
If you are not of God, you are of satan, Jesus taught this. |
Again, can you quote a passage on this? I don't think this is true. This sounds more like old testament stuff.
Jesus was not judgemental, and didn't make claims about whether or not people were "of Satan".
EDIT:
you are atheist, you believe in the existence of Jesus Christ, condemn, twist and rebuke everything He stands for but yet, you claim to like Him.
Is that how atheism works? Twisting and turning the words of that which you like, trust and accept the existence of. If you are an atheist, how can you like Jesus Christ?
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I'm just trying to understand. That's all.
If you want to teach me of Christ and his teachings... I'm asking you to do so. What passages of the Bible should I read to answer my above questions?