# My Amazing Encounters with Jesus Christ **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 2, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774 "2016-03-02T22:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/461 "2016-03-10T22:42:33Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > And of the billions of souls receiving eternal salvation every year through Christ? Did he drown them, or not? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/462 "2016-03-10T22:43:20Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > To this day, I have yet to figure out just why is it that people speak of things they no nothing about. Like proper spelling? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/463 "2016-03-10T22:44:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > In the Bible, how many have either died by God’s hands, or been killed by those authorized by God? What is it that you say? Why is it that you speak out against Him who gave you, your family and children life? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/464 "2016-03-10T22:46:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did he drown them, or not? How many criminals have received the death penalty throughout the world? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/465 "2016-03-10T22:50:34Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Abraham was tested by God to see if he would. That is all. Why? If God is omniscient, He would know if Abraham would have done it or not. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/466 "2016-03-10T22:55:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did he drown them, or not? I suggest you climb aboard the ark of Christ before you die eternally. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/467 "2016-03-10T22:58:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Why? If God is omniscient, He would know if Abraham would have done it or not. Perhaps the lesson was for Abraham and his people. And for all God’s people to come. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/468 "2016-03-10T22:59:43Z")
What is that lesson? That God is an asshole? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/469 "2016-03-10T23:02:23Z")
[The first cell phone.](http://i.imgur.com/UbjTdQG.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/470 "2016-03-10T23:05:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What is that lesson? That God is an asshole? God is not the asshole. He sacrificed His very own Son for the forgiveness of our sins. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/471 "2016-03-10T23:11:00Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > God is not the asshole. He sacrificed His very own Son for the forgiveness of our sins. Jesus starts in Heaven, comes to Earth as the product of God impregnating Mary without her consent, winds up back with God in Heaven. Explain how that’s a _sacrifice_. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/472 "2016-03-10T23:12:44Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Abraham was tested by God to see if he would. That is all. “You can do what you want to, but next time you see me coming, you better run.” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/473 "2016-03-10T23:14:21Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > God is not the asshole. He sacrificed His very own Son for the forgiveness of our sins. I thought that only satanists did human sacrifices? > [@ScottRP](#): > > Humans have never been sacrificed to God. This is a practice carried out by satanists. Is God a Satanist? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/474 "2016-03-10T23:14:34Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I suggest you climb aboard the ark of Christ before you die eternally. I can’t. I said the [magic words](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3:29&version=NIV), and now Jesus won’t take my calls. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/475 "2016-03-10T23:23:45Z")
> [@simster](#): > > I thought that only satanists did human sacrifices? For one, the Son of God is not human. And it was for a noble cause that our king should die for us. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/476 "2016-03-10T23:26:14Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I can’t. I said the [magic words](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3:29&version=NIV), and now Jesus won’t take my calls. Nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/477 "2016-03-10T23:29:51Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Nonsense. But it’s in the Holy Scripture! ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/478 "2016-03-10T23:30:29Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I take it that this means you believe the priest has authority to decide if your assertions in this thread are heretical. Have you shown the posts to him or not? My work has been reviewed by the highest of priests. Jesus Christ Himself. And was approved for the atonement of the dead. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/479 "2016-03-10T23:31:51Z")
How are we to reconcile the two jesuses? The one in the gospels is a peace, love and understanding hippie type guy, but then you get to revelation wherein he is depicted as a glorious martial hero riding a white steed and spitting swords. Seems inconsistent. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/480 "2016-03-10T23:32:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > But it’s in the Holy Scripture! What exactly was it that you did or say? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=25)