Nononono, Jesus had no failings. He was also a virgin, celibate at 33.
He was a freak in the worst sense.
He was appealing because of his perfection.
He took the worlds sins as his as he had none of his own. Then when crucified, the world was forgiven as the punishment had been meted on him.
I had religion jammed up the wahoo, but not in that 'altarboy' sense.
;)
and hey, I can finally post here again!!!!!
but now i can't remember what I had to say about your other posts.
Yup, St. Dickeybird has it right...I too have been spewed Catholicism for all my elementary and high school years.
I'm the last one to think of myself as perfect...probably one of the greater self-scrutinizing ones actually.
huh. i sit corrected.
I'm going to ask my mother about this - I don't think she would agree...and she's about the most knowledgable on Christianity that I know.
Actually, the Easter story tells a lot about Judaism and Christianity. The ancient Jews (if i remember correctly, i wasn't actually there) used to place their sin on a goat and beat it. Hence 'scapegoat'.
So the Jews harmed an animal, the Christians harmed a human being. Both dealing with absolving sin.
Barbaric, non?
These comments make me think of the Judas goat. Judas goats have nothing to do with the comments on hand, but I find them interesting.
A Judas goat is a goat would be sent into a slaughterhouse that the other animals would see and think, "oh, hey, this animal has no problem going in there, it must be alright despite the smell of blood and death". So they'd follow it, and then be subjected to what usually happens to animals in slaughterhouses. The Judas goat would be lead out the other side to lead the next group of animals through.
Nice eh?
usually with sheep and lamb... (the judas goat i mean)
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