Originally posted by Xev
Besides, I like his approach to life. All humans desire to feel loved. mossfan125 controls this desire by making a 2000 year old dead dude be the one who loves him.
And unconditionally, no less! It's great! He's a genius! I mean, I could go on and on about how brilliant this son of a bitch is (vodka is truely a great thing). Think about it. We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of man, of what man could be. And those of us who really think about such things realize what a tragedy this is, and those with true potential hate ourselves for it.
But we need to assuage this self-hatred. What better than to deify man! To create a messiah of mankind, an overman of sorts, a truely great human being, then to crucify him and - and here is where things get very brilliant -
HE FORGIVES YOU! All that you've done, all that you've failed to be, every potential that you've squandered, as corrupt as you have become - he forgives you for all of it and he loves you in spite of your sins against yourself, in spite of your sins against your potential.
Christians realize this, they just don't see that sin is not against GOD - God is dead! - sin is against man! More appropriatly, sin is against what man could be!