Thanks for the clarification. As you appear to speak for the cult, what say you guys stop calling yourselves "Christians"?
Of course we are Christians, but not part of the Christian Cult of Ignorance.
The idea that Jesus death was "THE sacrifice" simply does not hold up to examination.
That is not something new. The Nicene Creed acknowledges that Jesus death was only part of the message, that the Sacrifice was the whole experience of Jesus life, teachings, death, resurrection and ascension.
The Sacrifice was GOD becoming man, just plain, simple man, a man just like you, only human, with all of the limitations of every man.
The Sacrifice was GOD becoming a baby, unable to focus his eye, unable to talk, to walk, to control his bowels.
The Sacrifice was GOD becoming one of us to teach us what WE could be, what WE are.
Jesus was bound to die from the day he was born. It was inevitable, he would die of old age, of sickness, of accident or as happened, by act of man; but he was bound to die.
Crucifixion was not something special, after all, at least two other were also crucified the same day, and same place as Jesus. It is likely that there were dozens, maybe hundreds of people crucified the very same day.
The lesson was that GOD became man to show us just what man could really do.
The lesson was that GOD had forgiven mankind, all mankind, not just those who were followers or who claimed they "knew him".
The lesson was that while no one starts out damned, we will all be judged based on what we do.
Or is deception an indispensable element of your religion?
Unlike the Christian Cult of Ignorance, the indispensable element we see in Christianity is a need for honesty and that GOD is not some picayune bling-bling pimp-daddy that gets pissed when dissed or that does something as silly as becoming man to get himself killed to pay himself for something he could simply have done anyway.
We do not believe that it is necessary to check your brain at the door to be a Christian.
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