throogul commented on Why are we here? reddit
I've always had this belief that Jesus and the stories of the bible were never meant to be taken literally. I think that Jesus and the ideas he "preached" were all supposed to be seen as a mentality to follow.
Jesus in our version of the story, was basically betrayed by the people he cared for. Sold out to save a murderer instead.
This mentality can seen throughout our society right now.
The vast majority of people will happily persecute an individual they call a conspiracy theorist. Meanwhile that same conspiracy theorist is actively trying to spread the knowledge they have uncovered, hoping to benefit the entire species through enlightenment.
You can bet that people would save a gangster rapper over a conspiracy theorist, even though the rapper is out for personal gain and the conspiracy theorist is out to save the world.
Just like the story of Jesus, the saviour is sold out for the selfish. And just like in the old testament, god finds justification for his seemingly cruel acts.
Jesus was not an actual individual. The son of god is man (life), And the man(life) who is closest to god will always try and save his people. For that is what god does. He saves.
throogul commented on Why are we here? reddit
If we take the bible to be true, then the earth is flat and only 6000 years old. Maybe a man existed named Jesus or Yeshua, but he wasn't the son of god as stated in the bible. Or the bible we have now is not accurate