Jesus was selfish?
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Jesus was selfish?
Um, the same scriptures with the incredible stories and so-called prophetic predictions??
So we have this completely human Jesus, whom Hunt also points out was selfish (and therefore sinful, because according to him, sin = selfishness, right?) So this human, sinful/selfish Jesus (who "knew a messiah was to come") came to the understanding that "His Spirit and the Father's Spirit were one," and that "He and His Father must be Perfect Love...He saw Himself as the Son of God, the Sacrificial Lamb who must pay the price of Perfect Love and Perfect Justice."
In chapter 21, Hunt states that it is his only faith that Jesus died for our salvation.
Having read all that, here's what I'm wondering:
1: Considering the author's notion of a completely human Jesus who was just really smart in his time, does it then mean that anyone could have done what He did, just by studying some scriptures and coming to certain "understandings"?
2. How much sense does it make that a selfish/sinful man died for mankind's salvation?
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I have no idea if any of that makes sense, but I can see why the author has problems believing some of the stuff in the Bible!
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If you, the author can see clearly that the bible has fabrications, and Jesus was a child prodigy who studied the bible better than any other, then wouldn't he have seen that there were fabrications in it?as a child prodigy, he should have.
Personally I don't believe Jesus died on the cross for whatever reason, but I know Jesus was not selfish, he was beautiful inside and out.
As for the author, if you believe someone chose to sacrifice himself for others, how can u say an altruistic person is selfish???
Makes little sense.
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I couldn't agree more. I feel like in his quest to get away from all the things he's learned about and come to resent/reject about the Catholic church, he's determined that he will see Jesus as he wants to and that's that. I'm just amazed that he would settle on the conclusion that Jesus was selfish.cd20 wrote: ↑26 Dec 2020, 14:51 I think this book was a book of contradictions. I felt that Hunt went on a rant about the Catholic church and this is what came of that. The Catholic Church is not the same as other churches, their belief system is different, so Hunt is inferring what he wants to about Jesus, without any real research to back up his claims. We have to be careful of people spouting truth, without any real evidence.
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Well, according to Hunt, Jesus was selfish because he had to eat, sleep, eliminate, be clothed and sheltered, and communicate just as all living creatures do. He says that all these activities are necessarily directed at self, and by their nature are evil because they put self before others. (Page 68)zainherb wrote: ↑25 Dec 2020, 18:30 Your questions are there because the book contradicts itself clearly.
If you, the author can see clearly that the bible has fabrications, and Jesus was a child prodigy who studied the bible better than any other, then wouldn't he have seen that there were fabrications in it?as a child prodigy, he should have.
Personally I don't believe Jesus died on the cross for whatever reason, but I know Jesus was not selfish, he was beautiful inside and out.
As for the author, if you believe someone chose to sacrifice himself for others, how can u say an altruistic person is selfish???
Makes little sense.
Still, I agree with you. His arguments make very little sense (to me).
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