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Quote by: LetThereBe Maybe people would not love him if he never sacrificed himself for our sins, but some believe otherwise. I think the fact that many of his disciples were willing to die for his name is a testimony to the miracles and reserection that they witnessed. Why else would they die for a known lie? Besides, He did teach amazing things. Things not often followed, but something new, powerful, and loving regardless. |
How can they believe otherwise if they also belief the Romans nailed him to a cross? The Romans did not agree with Jesus in that he should die for our sins. They just killed him, and now people want to believe he died for them, like any other cool martyr out there. Those disciple guys were prettty crazy IMO, and like any crazy cult out there, they proclaim their beliefs out loud despite its unorthodoxy. They thought, or wanted to think, Jesus was special. He was also their friend. Jesus promised eternal heaven and happiness, too. I mean, if in 1692 the Salem Witchhunt was going on and people actually believed that harmless little girls were witches, then hang 19 of them, I'm sure that 1500 years before that a dozen men would go crazy over one of their friends who claimed to be a prophet and claimed to perform miracles. Heaven was a huge bonus, that is the reason for the constant determination to spread Jesus' teachings. So eternal bliss could be his.