I'm an Atheist but this is a legit question for the theologically minded. I'm often told that the reason Jesus had to come to Earth and die for our sins was because someone had to pay the penalty for breaking God's law. God was incapable of breaking that rule because it was within his divine nature to be perfectly just, and not punishing a crime would be an unjust thing to do. So he created Jesus to take all of humanity's sins and then Jesus had to die. But if that's the case then how could Jesus ascend to heaven 3 days later? Shouldn't he be the only resident in hell suffering for all our sins? Since he's in heaven doesn't that imply that sinners can still go to heaven?
Why isn't Jesus in hell?
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Evan Long
someone had to pay the penalty for breaking God's law. God was incapable of breaking that rule
>he created Jesus to take all of humanity's sins and then Jesus had to die.
can any americans tell me what the name of this fuck stupid theology is?
Bentley Morales
Another atheist here. You've got it wrong. Jesus was sacrificed as repentance for Original Sin. He had no sin because he was God.
In much the way the Hebrews before Jesus would sacrifice a lamb to apologize for serious sins or to thank Yahweh for this or that good fortune, Jesus was sacrificed to apologize for the Original Sin. He's not the sinner, we are. He's the offering. That's why he's called the Lamb of God.
Landon Ortiz
>atheist here
>Jesus was sacrificed as repentance for Original Sin.
big fuckin surprise
Noah Mitchell
Because fuck you. Stop thinking and just go with it.
Aaron Cox
Are people culpable for original sin? If I'm born with sin, why is it right for me to be punished for it?
Angel Reed
The simple answer is because he rose from the dead. And when he died we wasn't in hell because he was in the 'belly of the earth', and because he was righteous in life (he was the son of God)
Joshua Allen
Because you did nothing about it
Aiden Reed
To be honest if Jesus had the ultimate suffering then hell can't be worse than a crucifixion.
Honestly I have my doubts. The Romans got nothing on Chinese version of torture.
Jonathan Martin
Would the logical thing to do get rid of sin is make the human race go extinct?