Looks like I'm not the only one out there who likes to translate the Holy Word for the laypeople out there. This is something that's been seen on a t-shirt in American schools recently.
In case you're wondering what the original(KJV) text is..God loves you a whole lot John 3:16
True, one way of interpreting that is that God kinda likes you, in letting you live forever and all, but there are a few important points to consider.For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
First we need to remember that god created the universe and everything in it.
Second. It's not just that you get to live forever if you believe, it's that you get to go to heaven. And if you don't go to heaven you automatically go to Hell, which is everlasting torture.
So, with those two things in mind, we've got this God that made everything, including people. We didn't ask to be created, we just were. He makes us the way we are, puts us where he puts us so we only have so much choice in what we do with our lives, and certainly what we believe. He made a place called Hell for some unexplained reason, where each and every one of us is destined, also for some unexplained reason, due to the fuckups of the first two people he conjured.
One day after thousands of years he felt kinda bad that everyone had to suffer forever and he sent himself to earth as his own son, and for some unexplained reason had to suffer and die in the place of humanity, to let them into heaven (avoid hell). And then he came back to life again.
And now, we're allowed to avoid our destiny of eternal torture (which we deserve, according to god, who made us) if we accept this wonderful gift. If we don't we go to hell, but that's our own fault, considering the great lengths god went to let us avoid going there.
What a great guy!
5 comments:
Makes sense to me.
I just always wonder why, if god loves us soooo much, he didn't just take away all of the disease, famine and mental anguish we all suffer from. No...he had to send his "son" to die for our "sins". He doesn't care that we hurt, he just wants us to not go against what he says, but if we do, now it's ok because Jesus died on the cross.
What a crock of shit.
If this sort of god were to exist, it sounds like it would be an evil god. I'm glad it doesn't exist.
So,let's get this straight.... There's this place where people go to suffer the punishment of eternal burning agony just because of what they think. And God knows all about it and being omnipotent he can stop it, but instead he does nothig about it and lets them all burn. What a fucking psycho.
Yeah this guy sounds like a total asshole. Oh sure, he loves you if you play by all the rules that he set up for some arbitrary reason.. oh shit I think I've known people like that, violent, narcissistic, control freaks!
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