Barnabas
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WARNING! The following questions and musings may be offensive to some. It is not intended as such.
Drinking wine as if the blood and eating bread as if the flesh of Christ seems awfully cannibalistic. Why does Catholicism promote these symbolically cannibalistic rituals?
Both are symbols, meant to represent the sacrifice of Christ death and our participation in it.
Why do people worship Jesus and thank him for everything? Won't God get pissed off that his son gets all the credit?
Worshiping God and worshiping Jesus are by and large the same thing due to God being one. Outside of that God basically gave his okay to it.
"I created the world and all life; all this guy did was street magic, but he gets all the love? WTF?" - This comes to mind in the form of a cartoon. I wish I could draw it. NOTE: Just sharing an amusing thought, not trying to be offensive.
For that matter, why were these feats viewed as miracles of God and not witchcraft of the Devil?
The miracles are used to validate that Jesus was prophetic and that he should be listened to, the message then needs to be validated by the what has already been spoken by past prophets. So the question is "Are Jesus's teaching reflected in the Old Testament?" which in short is a yes
Why isn't there more Jewish traditions in Christianity if Christ was Jewish? Won't God get pissed off that Christ changed all the rules?
There is a really long answer and really short answer, short answer is that half the point of Jesus' ministry was to change the rules, the really long answer is that the rules never really changed
Was it part of God's plan to kill his son? Dick-move, don't you think? Honour thy father, but fuck your kids?
Yeah, Jesus death had always been a part of the plan, though his death would be on humanity not God because we demanded him to be crucified, on top of that Jesus had the ability to avoid it but instead chose to go through with it.
Why was it acceptable that we trust someone that claims to be the son of God 2000 years ago, but nowadays we call them Schizophrenic?
If you can find me a schizophrenic capable of multiplying fish and bread I'll sit down and give him a listen.
Why is God wrathful and Jesus forgiving? Don't do wrong or God will smite you, but it's ok, because Jesus forgives you. That sounds like being part of a dysfunctional family where God, as the father, beats you for doing something he doesn't like; but then Jesus, as the caring 'mother', tells you that everything is ok, it's not your fault, father is just having a bad day, and you're forgiven. No wonder the crusades happened. Like a bunch of angry teenagers looking to start some shit because of the shitty childhood they had.
This is one of the more common misconceptions I've run into, most people either want to avoid the Idea of an angry Jesus in favor of a kinder postcard Jesus. I can find you more then a few moments in the Gospels and in Revelation which are more focused on Judgement as opposed to salvation and the flip can easily be done for God in the Old Testament.
NOTE: To be clear of my intentions -- my ultimate goal is not to question the existence of God or Jesus or your faith. That is irrelevant to me. I am questioning the 'logic' or rationale behind the beliefs. Even if I can somehow disprove this rationale, it does not therefore negate anyone's belief or prove/disprove whether or not God or Jesus exists; it just negates the reasons. Even if I can't prove anything, it'll make for a fun or ridiculous argument that amuses at least me.
I find your prattling amusing, and maybe usefull