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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:32 AM Original message |
did jesus have to die? |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, actually... |
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LuLu550 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. well, if you believe that Christ was the Messiah, yes |
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meti57b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. Since the Romans didn't tolerate much in the way of dissent ... |
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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. but assume they had no capital punishment. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I'd assume that he'd have an "accident" |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. In order to conform to the prophets from 1k years earlier, like |
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meti57b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. it was Passover ... |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. that is a good point, and no, he was not convicted by his own |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. seems to this somewhat detached observer |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Correct. An alternatve could be that he would be stoned to |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. "it seems to me no earthly power could keep him inprisoned" |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. that's what the catholic church would have you believe |
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Toby109 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. Why did he die when he did? |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Some say Dietrich Bonhoffer was one such person |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. It had to be part of his plan |
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jimbo fett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is it important either way? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. That's pretty much as I see it. |
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RoeBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. What I think is 'funny' is... |
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Goldberg (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Jesus had to die. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, if you believe the prophets... John the Baptiser did his thing |
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Goldberg (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I believe...but I don't practice what I preach. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Yeah, me too. I try. I try. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, for the same reason Cordelia has to die in King Lear |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Right you are. It would not be the Greatest Story Ever Told |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes. Winter -->spring; death-->birth; crucifixion-->resurrection |
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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. jesus's life does imitate pagan sun gods |
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Beaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. we all die... |
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Kamika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. Tough Question.. Jesus was sent here to die |
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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. but what about john the baptist? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. He was sent to eat bugs |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. Jesus did not die, per se |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. The idea was one grand gesture of blood sacrifice |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Of course he did... |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. He ever exist? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well yeah,just being wounded for our sins wouldn't cut it |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 09:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Or getting food poisoning for our sins |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. There may have been no Christianity (I am a Christian, so watch |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Face value? You mean that He actually was dead and then |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-04 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. chewing the menu instead of the meal i see. |
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veganwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-04 07:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. do you want to explain that? |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-04 09:37 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. don't mistake the menu for the meal, or ritual for what it represents |
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2004Donkeys (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-04 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. According to who? |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-04 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
42. No he could have gone AWOL like Saint Shrubbie! |
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