Jesus is crucified by an opressive society, submitting unto his death. He even cries out, asking why God has forsaken him. Then he is reborn and ascends, becoming the savior of mankind through this sacrifice.
Ever think maybe this is just a metaphor for the path to enlightenment--letting your old self die for the greater good and thus being reborn into divine consciousness? People do try to live entirely new lives for the good of the world once they have been "Saved" or reached "Enlightenment."
Or maybe it's a metaphor for not letting the man get you down? Like, you take enough shit that something in you dies, and a new part rises up that doesn't let the shit hold you down anymore? An end to mental slavery, so to speak.
Maybe it's just trying to teach us that in life, just when you feel God has abandoned you, strife will end, and you will rise up stronger, made perfect through your suffering? Maybe it's just a lesson on the value of self-sacrifice.
Either way, I think we learn a whole lot more about the path to salvation by interpreting the crucifiction as a metaphor than by simply taking it at face value. All I'm saying is... maybe he didn't die to literally save you; maybe he died to make you get the message. It could just be the greatest parable in the Bible.
Ever think maybe this is just a metaphor for the path to enlightenment--letting your old self die for the greater good and thus being reborn into divine consciousness? People do try to live entirely new lives for the good of the world once they have been "Saved" or reached "Enlightenment."
Or maybe it's a metaphor for not letting the man get you down? Like, you take enough shit that something in you dies, and a new part rises up that doesn't let the shit hold you down anymore? An end to mental slavery, so to speak.
Maybe it's just trying to teach us that in life, just when you feel God has abandoned you, strife will end, and you will rise up stronger, made perfect through your suffering? Maybe it's just a lesson on the value of self-sacrifice.
Either way, I think we learn a whole lot more about the path to salvation by interpreting the crucifiction as a metaphor than by simply taking it at face value. All I'm saying is... maybe he didn't die to literally save you; maybe he died to make you get the message. It could just be the greatest parable in the Bible.
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