Dumb it down for me- Jesus died for my sins

[Anonymous]

I did not grow up religious, but my husband is and we are raising our children Catholic. Please explain to me- When it says Jesus died for our sins or my sins what do they mean. I wasn't alive then...ha..ha.. Are we talking about the sins of mankind?

[Anonymous]

Original sin. By virtue of being human and exercising free will, we're all "sinful."

[Anonymous]

Lutheran approach: original sin means we are born with an inheritance of sin from Adam and Eve's rebellion against God. It is in our nature to sin. Because of our sin, we would be unable to approach God or have a relationship with God. Christ died for our sins has several layers of meaning: in a juridical sense, he paid the price for our sins (past, present, and future) with his life. God so loved us that he gave part of himself(his son) so that we could be in intimate communion with us.

On a different level, Christ's entering the workd as a man shows us that God understands our struggles in this world including the struggle with sin. We are in the middle of Lent now and the 40 days of Lent are connected to the 40 days Christ spent in the desert being tempted by the Devil (tempted in every way and yet without sin). God knows our struggles and has entered our world to give healing and a way out of sin.

[Anonymous]

Troll. If you are raising your kids catholic, you already know the answer to this. You are that nasty atheist who dumbs down all religions into a cartoon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Troll. If you are raising your kids catholic, you already know the answer to this. You are that nasty atheist who dumbs down all religions into a cartoon.

Why would someone who is allowing her kids to be raised in her DH's Catholic faith, be either a nasty atheist (would a nasty atheist marry a Catholic and allow him to raise the kids in the church?) or already educated in a religion she doesn't belong to?

[Anonymous]

Corrections from above:

so that HE could be in communion with us

Workd should be world

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Troll. If you are raising your kids catholic, you already know the answer to this. You are that nasty atheist who dumbs down all religions into a cartoon.

Why would someone who is allowing her kids to be raised in her DH's Catholic faith, be either a nasty atheist (would a nasty atheist marry a Catholic and allow him to raise the kids in the church?) or already educated in a religion she doesn't belong to?

Because she is lying because she wants to make fun of the responses she gets. If she really wanted the Catholic answer, she'd just ask any priest/nun/monk at her school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Troll. If you are raising your kids catholic, you already know the answer to this. You are that nasty atheist who dumbs down all religions into a cartoon.

Why would someone who is allowing her kids to be raised in her DH's Catholic faith, be either a nasty atheist (would a nasty atheist marry a Catholic and allow him to raise the kids in the church?) or already educated in a religion she doesn't belong to?

Because she is lying because she wants to make fun of the responses she gets. If she really wanted the Catholic answer, she'd just ask any priest/nun/monk at her school

I think you'd be hard pressed to find any priests, nuns, and especially monks working at a Catholic school. It's mostly lay people who teach and in administration. Also, raising your kid Catholic doesn't mean they necessarily go to parochial school.

Lastly, why would anyone ask such an ignorant question in person?

[Anonymous]

I'll say this - I am an ex-Catholic who can't stand the church. However, after years of indoctrination through Catholic school, this much I know . . .

The Apostles' Creed had a line omitted - "he descended to hell" - as it referred to Hades, which isn't exactly very "Christian." Hades does not have the same "feel" that Hell does. Nonetheless, when the line is in place, it means that Jesus could offer salvation to those trapped by death, therefore freeing their souls and thus, offering the rest of the sheeple the same opportunity.

After all, it wouldn't be fair to punish those already dead, right?

So God sacrificed his son - forcing him to suffer through a crucifixion in order to physically die and later meet up with those already dead in order to offer them salvation.

great fairy tale!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll say this - I am an ex-Catholic who can't stand the church. However, after years of indoctrination through Catholic school, this much I know . . .

The Apostles' Creed had a line omitted - "he descended to hell" - as it referred to Hades, which isn't exactly very "Christian." Hades does not have the same "feel" that Hell does. Nonetheless, when the line is in place, it means that Jesus could offer salvation to those trapped by death, therefore freeing their souls and thus, offering the rest of the sheeple the same opportunity.

After all, it wouldn't be fair to punish those already dead, right?

So God sacrificed his son - forcing him to suffer through a crucifixion in order to physically die and later meet up with those already dead in order to offer them salvation.

great fairy tale!

???? The Nicene Creed has the line "he descended into hell" and it is said every Sunday at mass.

[Anonymous]

OP, I would suggest you do an RCIA class if you want to really do this.

That said, ignore the PP about the Apostles Creed. It has the descended into hell line as does the Nicene Creed -- both are acceptable creeds.

But back to your question in order to understand why Jesus chose to die for our sins you need to understand the concepts of the Old Testsment, covenants and sacrifice in the time of Jesus-- all really lost in modern day society. All come together for Jesus' crucifixion. You should really read up on it because there is debate behind it and the history is fascinating.

Good luck on your journey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I would suggest you do an RCIA class if you want to really do this.

That said, ignore the PP about the Apostles Creed. It has the descended into hell line as does the Nicene Creed -- both are acceptable creeds.

But back to your question in order to understand why Jesus chose to die for our sins you need to understand the concepts of the Old Testsment, covenants and sacrifice in the time of Jesus-- all really lost in modern day society. All come together for Jesus' crucifixion. You should really read up on it because there is debate behind it and the history is fascinating.

Good luck on your journey.

I don't disagree with a RCIA class, but studying the Old Testament will be more of a head scratcher than anything. It's all over the place, written by many people, and doesn't really teach morality lessons.

OP, I was raised Catholic--did every sacrament through confirmation. It doesn't make a ton of sense. I guess that's why it's faith. I feel like it the parent who says "it's because I said so" vs. what does this really mean. I never bought into transubstantiation either. The masses where the priest says the lines of Pontius Pilate and the congregation says the lines of the crowd always scared and sadden me as a kid. Maybe watch the Last Temptation of Christ. That may help illuminate.

[Anonymous]

So if he died for our sins that means we can't son anymore and we all have a free ticket to heaven right? Otherwise what's the point of his dying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if he died for our sins that means we can't sin anymore and we all have a free ticket to heaven right? Otherwise what's the point of his dying?

I agree. And since he atoned for us, we do not carry the burden of the original sin anymore! Hooray! Now we can all become Buddhists!

[Anonymous]

Under gods covenant with the Jewish people (moses), they had to sacrifice animals and do other things for sin forgiveness.

Jesus was prophecized in Isaiah - the son of God would come.

Jesus comes. God made the holy spirit and "the word" into a man via the immaculate conception. and God told him he had to die as the final sacrifice for all humanity's sins. So, now we don't make animal sacrifices anymore.

After jesus died, rose, and went to heaven, he asked Paul to c I nevertheless gentiles to christianity. First church started in syria.