Jesus Died For All

If you believe in what is written in the scriptures, then you would agree that Romans 6:23 simply states "For the reward of sin IS DEATH; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord." This basically says that all of mankind has paid the debt. Every person on earth has a death sentence. We are all going to die. Looking at the above verse, it states that when we die, we are all sin free. The debt has been paid by our own death. One can also look at it as meaning that Jesus died for our sins therefore by his death we are now free from the judgment of sin.

Either way, in either scenario, we are rendered free from sin. So does this not cancel out all the beliefs of damnation and hell and so on that the preachers love to preach about when there isn't enough money in the collection plate? In many places in the bible, it refers to the fact that Jesus died for our sins so that all mankind can have everlasting life. Of course there is a condition, for what it's worth, one must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for this salvation. But why would one want to do that when in fact we are already going to die anyway which leaves us free from sin. As soon as Adam and Eve were tossed out of the Garden of Eden, we then had a death sentence. God had to come up with a way to have people still focus on him. So he offers some kind of conditional salvation. It's not bad enough that he blames everyone for two people who screwed up but he want to condemn the whole world for those actions. So he comes up with a way for mankind to pay attention to him by giving a Jesus that offers salvation. He states that we need to repent from our sins, and believe on the Lord. But what is the point when as soon as we die, we are free from sin anyway.

 

The Tree Of Knowledge of Good and Evil

In the bible account of Adam and Eve one must think about this to understand what really happened there. Lets examine it for a minute.

Adam and Eve were placed in a garden like setting which has trees of all kinds including fruits and so on. There also was a special tree known as the tree of "knowledge of good and evil". The warning was that if he ate of the tree he should surely die. So first off this tells you that he was to live forever because the only way he would die is eating of the tree. Secondly and most importantly, there is no way Adam and Eve would know it was a bad thing to do if they did not have the knowledge of good and evil. God did not want them knowing what good and evil was. So put yourself in their shoes for a moment. If you did not have any knowledge of what was good and evil, how could you make a judgment on whether it would be good or evil to eat from the tree. They had no knowledge of good and bad. How do you know you are doing bad when you don't even have the capability or knowledge to judge what is bad.

So, in the biblical account, God had set them up to fail. No matter what tempted them. I am sure they would have thought that when they were tempted by the serpent that God was loving enough to not allow them to be harmed in any way. God had the power to stop this, but he chose to make a deal with the devil.

God is so loving that he allows man to be tempted and fail. Failed because of the lack of knowledge. A knowledge that should have been provided to him to make a proper judgment call. Adam and Eve needed the knowledge to be able to make the choice of doing good or evil. You are only being evil when you have the knowledge of what evil is.

Here is an example. In some very remote places there are males who sleep with very young girls. This obviously in our culture is illegal, immoral and so on. But do they know they are doing wrong? Not at all because they don't have the knowledge of that act being evil.

Just like Adam and Eve, they did not have the knowledge that such an act would be wrong, they were only told that they would die. And further there was no death in the garden of eden so they would not even know what death is. Death came about after Adam and Eve had ate from the tree and God tossed them out of the garden. Thus they were given as well as the rest of man kind, a death sentence.

That seems very unfair and despicable. Why would anyone want to set someone up for failure. Adam and Eve should have been given the knowledge of good and evil first and then given the choice. Thus their call would have been justified.

Further why am I and the rest of the world paying for their mistakes. According to the bible, all mankind was handed a death sentence as a result of their mistake. That's like my neighbor robbing a bank and I go to jail for it. How stupid. I was never given the option to chose so therefore I should not be held accountable.

That's of course if one were to believe what was written in the bible. 

  

       

 

God Violates Mary

In the 1st chapter of Matthew, it deals with the lineage leading up to Jacob who is the father of Joseph who is the husband of Mary, know as the mother of Christ. The bible states that Mary and Joseph were not married nor did they have sex when Mary became pregnant. Joseph not understanding this had attempted to hide Mary to avoid the embarrassment of Mary being pregnant out of wedlock. An angel appeared in a dream and told Joseph to take Mary as his wife. Now there was no DNA testing available nor does the bible state that Mary was tested in any way to check if she still held her virginity. So, this does not rule out the fact that she could have had sex with someone other then Joseph or could have had sex with Joseph and not told anyone.

IF you were to believe the bible, then it basically states that God had a form of sex with Mary, without her consent, to make her pregnant. So in essence she was raped. He used her as a surrogate mother. This then gives a simple message that sex out of wedlock is okay. Further it might convey that it is okay to violate someone. One might argue that it is different because it is God. But take into consideration that the bible states that Jesus was an angel that took flesh to be seen on earth. Could that not make it possible that God could take flesh to be with Mary? Some religions believe that the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost are one. Therefore, God had taken flesh to be the son and so on. So it is possible that a fleshly being had sex with Mary to conceive Emmanuel who is known as Jesus.

What was the point in this miracle happening? God had apparently made a point that he was the boss long before this event. The flood for instance was a hallmark in the fact that God had the power to destroy. Mind you, the bible states that God said that he would never destroy the inhabitants of the earth in this manner ever again. But did this not impact the earth? Did this not make a point that he was in charge? There are other things God could have done to make his presence known.

Joseph heard in a dream that Mary was a virgin and so on. What was done to prove that Mary was a virgin before giving birth to Emmanuel. Did he prop her up on a table and have a gang of people look at her vaginal area to make sure she still had a hymen? Really, who was there to prove it and what was the proof? Later in the bible Jesus had to perform his own miracles to prove who he was. And even the people he supposedly healed still died. Is he not just a modern day bible thumping healer? Watch the TV Sunday afternoon and you'll see the same sort of thing. The bible says he walked on water. Was the water frozen? Was there a shoal further out in the lake?

God displayed more of his power in the old testament with Abraham as his servant then with Jesus. And what was the point, people didn't listen then, they don't listen now and they won't listen in the future. I mean there are ministers that are playing with children. People come out of church a light up a cigarette. That bible states not to defile your body. They bitch and complain about the people around them and yet they are told to love thy neighbor. They run crooked businesses, cheat on their spouses and yet the bible tells them to be honest and true and not to commit adultery. They modify the bible to suit their own needs.

What part of the scripture can they not read.