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The Crucifixion
 
 
Christ said, "The reason I was born, the reason why I came into the world, is to testify to the truth." (John 18:37). It means Christ's purpose was to produce truth, not to fix a quirk in God's head.
 

Christ said he is the truth... (John 14:6). His crucifixion demonstrated the most important truth ever. It showed that humans would crucify God for doing good deeds and teaching morality.

It means there is a problem which needs to be solved. Christ taught what the problem is and what to do about it.

Paul synthesized a meaning for the crucifixion based on the ancient pagan ritual of sacrificing animals for atonement of sins. In Paul's synthesis, the murder of Christ becomes virtue, so there is no lesson involved showing what sin is and what to do about it.

Not only is the murder of Christ supposed to be a good deed in Paul's theology, it supposedly replaces everything Christ taught on how to overcome sin. The crucifixion is supposedly the total fix. Why then did Christ teach?

According to the followers of Paul, Christ supposedly paid the price for sin on the cross. Such words could mean anything. Martyrs pay the price for sin also. What did God get out of it? The truth about sin? Then the crucifixion means the sin needs to be overcome, not ignored.

The bigger question is why erase everything Christ taught about moral responsibilities because of it. There is no logic to absolutizing Paul's claim so it erases everything Christ taught on human responsibilities for getting saved.

Paul was nothing but an a self-sanctifying braggart. His saying something does not make it fact.

If someone dented your car, would you want them to burn a carcass for forgiveness?

If you had a toaster that was broke, could you "redeem" it for a new one by killing the manufacturers son? That's how asinine Paul's theology is.

Justification is absurd. If you tried to justify a crime before a judge, he would double the sentence. Rational persons don't want sin justified, they just want it to end, which is the only thing Christ described.

If God had some mental quirk where murder was pleasing to him, it would be of no business of humans. But the followers of Paul don't just get wrapped up in God's mental state, they use it as the reason for not doing anything Christ said they are supposed to do to overcome sin.

Christ taught that common sense is the basis of morality. He said we are supposed to "understand" what he taught (Mat 15:10)(John 4:22). Understanding requires common sense. Human minds don't function without common sense.

It means Paul's theology is not valid. Even if Paul were told to preach, it does not mean his words are any better than anyone's else's, let alone infallible or a replacement for Christ's words. Paul's theology is too corrupt to allow it to contradict common sense or Christ's words.

Paul taught people how to sin by examples of arrogance, deception and domination, making himself out to be an authority and synthesizing a theology of selfishness, where people supposedly save themselves through arrogance instead of doing something constructive for others, or they rationalize their sin through "justification" or atonement.

Christ taught eternal life as doing constructive things for others. It starts with constructive communication, which is the primary way people interact.


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