Often, Christians will discuss the (alleged) fact that God gave or sacrificed his son for the sake of humanity. This statement is generally made within the context of human understanding and compassion, however.
If you or I had to sacrifice a son or daughter to death, we'd be miserably heartbroken...understandably so.
However, per the religion itself, both Yahweh and Yeshua ben Joseph were/are immortal deities.
How then am I supposed to then bring them down to the mere level of humanity? If God (Yahweh) would feel the same horrible feelings that mere mortals would, and would grieve for his son, is he then, in actuality, a god?
And, for a moment, let's assume that Jesus couldn't come back to him. Being a god, surely Yahweh could just create a new son, right? Or, at the least, being a god he could squash the feelings of lonliness and grief that he'd feel. If he couldn't, can he really be classified as a god?
Being a god, his son wouldn't be gone for too long, as he'd be joining him in heaven, in due time. Again, where's the need for sympathy for that?
This concept just can't be brought down to human terms. If/when it is, it loses all relevance. Either god is greater than us, or he's not. If he's not, he's no god at all.
This is one of the many things that drove me away from Christianity and forced my 'retirement' from it.
If you or I had to sacrifice a son or daughter to death, we'd be miserably heartbroken...understandably so.
However, per the religion itself, both Yahweh and Yeshua ben Joseph were/are immortal deities.
How then am I supposed to then bring them down to the mere level of humanity? If God (Yahweh) would feel the same horrible feelings that mere mortals would, and would grieve for his son, is he then, in actuality, a god?
And, for a moment, let's assume that Jesus couldn't come back to him. Being a god, surely Yahweh could just create a new son, right? Or, at the least, being a god he could squash the feelings of lonliness and grief that he'd feel. If he couldn't, can he really be classified as a god?
Being a god, his son wouldn't be gone for too long, as he'd be joining him in heaven, in due time. Again, where's the need for sympathy for that?
This concept just can't be brought down to human terms. If/when it is, it loses all relevance. Either god is greater than us, or he's not. If he's not, he's no god at all.
This is one of the many things that drove me away from Christianity and forced my 'retirement' from it.