Hey everyone. I was just wondering if anyone has any answers or similiar beliefs as mine on sin and redemption.
Most mainstream catholics believe in sin and redemption in the form of their "savior" Jesus Christ. The story goes that God banished Adam and Eve from paradise since they ate the cursed fruit and became aware of their shame. They were thus banished from heaven and sent to earth. As punishment, man was to work for his bread, and women were to give birth in pain. They progeny of Adam and Eve was also infected with sin, so every human after after them was born sinful.
There are several things wrong with this concept. One of them is a the actual punishment prescribed by God to Man, which seems grossly unproprotionate compared to the sin. Firstly, Adam and Eve were banished. This is the right of God, to punish sin and disobedience. The part that is unbelievable to me is that God would continue to punish Adam and Eve by making mankind compelled to sin from birth, thus punishing them for the sin that they had nothing to do with. It is perposterous to think that an Absolute Just God would punish a son for the sins of the father. In this case, it seems that he has forced the progeny of Adam and Eve (manking) to forever sin so that he can send all of us to Hell for eternity. I ask you, is this the image of a perfect God? Morever, science proves that memories and personal traits cannot be transferred to children. When a child is born, it's personality is a clean slate, so to speak. so how is it possible that the nature to sin was inherited by all of mankind from Adam and Eve, let alone not the nature to do good, As Adam did for the remainder of his life on earth?
That is a brief covering of the sin part. Now i move onto redemption. It seems that God seemed sorry for the harsh punishment he prescribed. Now, just being able to forgive manking seemed impossible for him. This amounts to unbelief in God as being all-powerful. Wouldn't forgiving mankind have been easier then sending his so-called son to do the "dirty work" for him? Anyway, God seemed to have found a loophole in his punishment. He seemed to have formulated a plan that a sinless person could take on the sins of all of humanity until doomsday. Thus, the sins would have been compensated for, humanity free from an unjust punishment, and God's Absolute Justice left in tact. The only problem is, He had to send the only sinless person left to take on the burden of all mankind. This was his so-called son, Jesus. This also seems like injustice. How can you sentence a person who has not committed any sins to account for all the sins of mankind? Is that fair to all the people that were harmed by other people?
Let us say now that Jesus did die for the sins of mankind. This would mean that every christian, provided that they believe in him, would have all their sins forgiven for the rest of their lives. If this is true, then murderes, rapists, molesters and other such evil people would get to go to heaven, if they believed in Jesus. Is this justice? Let us say that a Christian murdered a Muslim. The Christian would apparently go unpunished by God since his sins were taken by Jesus. But what of the Muslim. Was him being the victim of a crime of no significance?
Alright, that seems enough for now. Write back and i will tell you more, and a more believable interpretation of Jesus that is logical does not dispute with human conscience.
Most mainstream catholics believe in sin and redemption in the form of their "savior" Jesus Christ. The story goes that God banished Adam and Eve from paradise since they ate the cursed fruit and became aware of their shame. They were thus banished from heaven and sent to earth. As punishment, man was to work for his bread, and women were to give birth in pain. They progeny of Adam and Eve was also infected with sin, so every human after after them was born sinful.
There are several things wrong with this concept. One of them is a the actual punishment prescribed by God to Man, which seems grossly unproprotionate compared to the sin. Firstly, Adam and Eve were banished. This is the right of God, to punish sin and disobedience. The part that is unbelievable to me is that God would continue to punish Adam and Eve by making mankind compelled to sin from birth, thus punishing them for the sin that they had nothing to do with. It is perposterous to think that an Absolute Just God would punish a son for the sins of the father. In this case, it seems that he has forced the progeny of Adam and Eve (manking) to forever sin so that he can send all of us to Hell for eternity. I ask you, is this the image of a perfect God? Morever, science proves that memories and personal traits cannot be transferred to children. When a child is born, it's personality is a clean slate, so to speak. so how is it possible that the nature to sin was inherited by all of mankind from Adam and Eve, let alone not the nature to do good, As Adam did for the remainder of his life on earth?
That is a brief covering of the sin part. Now i move onto redemption. It seems that God seemed sorry for the harsh punishment he prescribed. Now, just being able to forgive manking seemed impossible for him. This amounts to unbelief in God as being all-powerful. Wouldn't forgiving mankind have been easier then sending his so-called son to do the "dirty work" for him? Anyway, God seemed to have found a loophole in his punishment. He seemed to have formulated a plan that a sinless person could take on the sins of all of humanity until doomsday. Thus, the sins would have been compensated for, humanity free from an unjust punishment, and God's Absolute Justice left in tact. The only problem is, He had to send the only sinless person left to take on the burden of all mankind. This was his so-called son, Jesus. This also seems like injustice. How can you sentence a person who has not committed any sins to account for all the sins of mankind? Is that fair to all the people that were harmed by other people?
Let us say now that Jesus did die for the sins of mankind. This would mean that every christian, provided that they believe in him, would have all their sins forgiven for the rest of their lives. If this is true, then murderes, rapists, molesters and other such evil people would get to go to heaven, if they believed in Jesus. Is this justice? Let us say that a Christian murdered a Muslim. The Christian would apparently go unpunished by God since his sins were taken by Jesus. But what of the Muslim. Was him being the victim of a crime of no significance?
Alright, that seems enough for now. Write back and i will tell you more, and a more believable interpretation of Jesus that is logical does not dispute with human conscience.