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Y'know how sometimes you can look at a simple word for too long, and suddenly it just stops making sense. It's spelling looks wrong, it sounds wrong, it just looks meaningless. Well, this is how I've always felt every time folks turned teary eyed and blissful when some preacher intoned how, "for God so loved us that he sacrificed his only begotten Son so that we might live with him forever."
LOL!! That has got to be the DUMBEST, most illogical, most convoluted rationalization for historic events that folks have ever come up with. It's ALMOST as absurd as the Holy Trinity. Say what?!?!
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Wow, you just confirmed what I've been saying. There's actually a verse for it (you don't look suprised :( ) "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18. Where to begin? Well, first you should do a bit of research on Old Testament Messianic prophecy to find out how much sense it really does make. There was a guy in the 1st century named Saul who went around throwing early Christians into prison and approved of killing them. He (like you) didn't understand what the big deal was about Jesus. Then he had an encounter with Jesus while he was on his way to harm more Christians at Damascus. Long story short, that Christ hating dude Saul became the Apostle Paul and wrote more books in the New Testament than anyone else. He wrote that verse I quoted. I suggest you actually read at least the New Testament and pray to the God of the Bible about what you read before you cast it aside as just hocus-pocus-pie-in-the-sky stuff. C'mon, smart chaps like you guys should be able to cover it in a weeks time. Ok, how about just one book in the Bible? Read John and I dare you to pray (sincerely if at all possible) to the God of the Bible and ask Him to show Himself to you.