A belief thatOriginally Posted by Tribesman
1. we are all born defective (bad) due to an inherited mistake made by the very first man, who dared to will some action that made him (and us) knowledgeable of good and evil. and
2. the way to make up for that original horrible mistake is totally beyond our ability as individual humans, so
3. some other, better guy, born not as a result of (nasty) sex, but some other invisible power, had to live 30-some years, then die a torturous death in a Roman outpost, in order to satisfy the Maker of Everything, and good and evil, that the debt incurred by First Man was paid, and therefore every human born subsequent to that payment got a free ride to something called "salvation", wherein humans still somehow exist after they stop breathing and live in a nice place. Forever. But:
4. thrown into the salvation mix is: how humans behave while they are still breathing, despite the pre-payment/sacrifice/death of that "better guy". If a human lies, cheats, steals, diss's the maker of everything, or Mom or Pop, or has sex outside of marriage, or doesn't believe 1, 2, & 3, he/she is gonna go (when he/she stops breathing) to a very bad place. Forever.
Given the requirements of belief above, is it any wonder that humans pick and choose 'wise words', pay attention to or ignore 'wise guys', comply or not comply with various rules of behavior, truly deeply believe or just go along with the majority?Originally Posted by OP
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Full Disclosure: I am not a Christian, though I was ostensibly raised/educated as one. The above is my impression of what Christianity "is" from the point-of-view of an outsider.
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