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How did Jesus' death wash away our sins?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1475638:MV8xNTc3MDg0XzI2MDY0NTAzXzMyMzQzREMw] I'm posting this again because either the OP didn't read it, wants to ignore it, or doesn't have a response.... Hey buddy, this is religion. I'm explaining a belief that pertains to a specific religion. Your answer has been supplied logically, reasonably, and honestly. So all of your dodging and questions and blabbity-bla-bla basically could be reworded to say... "Hey guys, can I have physical proof for why I should have faith in something?" And it's just not going to happen. Religion requires your faith. Accepting the sacrifice of Jesus requires faith. Understanding it doesn't require faith. But accepting it sure will. So if you don't accept it, then don't. If you don't want to have faith in it, then don't. If you don't believe faith should ever be applied to an issue, then don't. But don't act like you aren't being given a substantial answer. [/quote]
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I am actually being sincere here. I was raised in a Southern Babtist home and have read the bible a fair share of times, but I am at a total loss when it comes to understanding how Jesus dying on the cross translates into me being forgiven for my "sins".
And please don't just post scripture that just states it matter-of-factly as if I should ignore that we live in a world where things have to correlate.
So they torture him, place him on a cross, and then wait for him to die. He passes away, is reborn and then ascends to heaven. Now I get forgiven if I have impatient thoughts? How does that work? Did he die, go to heaven and flip on a breaker switch, resurrect on earth to check if it worked and then just strolled on back to heaven? What happened during his death that made our sins forgivable?
It's like a father bursting through the door and telling his son that cursing is now allowed in the house because he hit a deer on the way home. How in the world is it connected?
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