Did Jesus commit suicide.....
At first this idea wasn't slated to be an OP for a number of reasons...
Part of me thought it might seem uncivil....
or offensive....
to some...
I try not to do that....But my internal conversation relating to my idea has proven to be fruitful and thought provoking so I decided to let her rip....
First of all it occurs to me that I don't know where to draw the line on suicide....
Is there such thing as a moral suicide....
What constitutes a suicide....
Is suicide by cop techniqly a suicide...
Does mental illness negate ones copability in Gods eye for committing suicide...
People commit suicide for many reasons, pain, depression, feeling to good (manic state) high on drugs, financial gain for their family, or they perceive it is for the better good.....
A suicide mission....
Sacrificing ones self for the greater good...
Is this a suicide?
If you know an action will lead to your demise is this taking ones life?
At first I was tempted to put Jesus mission on earth in this category....
Which is to say that the plan was for Jesus to come to earth and die to fix an imbalance that threatened the occupants of earth...
Do suicide bombers actually see there actions as a self termination or does the divine back story, this idea about the need to sacrifice oneself for the greater good, give them an out....
Anyway, basic point, I'm not really sure what constitutes a suicide.....
Part of me sees the logic behind the idea that killing oneself regardless of the perceived need is just that, killing oneself....
Further contemplation along these lines gave birth to a new idea....
Jesus's acts on the earth didn't qualify as a suicide mission...
It was a suicide by cop...
Here's my logic....
I'm on a nuclear submarine....
Something has happened to the reactor....
It is overheating and soon we will all die....
We have to do a manual shut down to survive, only problem being that the room with the off switch is filled with lethal levels of radiation and heat...
I voulenter to die, saving everyone....
Is this a suicide?
Maybe not......
But if it turned out that there was two ways to save the ship, say the path that led to my destruction or a newly discovered way of saving us that only envolved pushing a button and ejecting the core.....
If I still choose the path that leads to my destruction, the suicide mission over the logically way of solving ones problem, is this a suicide....
To me Jesus story falls under this category....
Jesus, if the stories are true, knew he was sent to die....
He could see the future knowing full well that certain actions would lead to his death....
He knew who would betray him...
He decided to sacrifice himself for us....
Jesus is also omnipotent...
Why not just eject the core...
Surely your self termination wasn't the only means to right the sinking ship of humanity.....
Why not just replace yourself with a life like copy on the day of your sacrifice...
A divine copy that would achieve the same salvation benefit but not lead to your death....
Additional can a man kill a God....
Can crucifiction kill a God...
How long does that take....
If Jesus was God would any amount of poking and prodding bring about his death...
If he was omnipotent it seems like you could theoretically pearce his side from now till the cows came home and not bring about his death...
Or did christ choose to self terminate....
Letting go of his spirit....
Otherwise it was a pretty quick for a crucifiction.....
Anyway thats about it......
Answer one or all....
Or none...
P.S. I still have not been able to save to a draft and often time my spelling errors don't show up on the spell check, and I'm in a hurry...
For the spelling errors I apologize....
(Lets face it I'm not that smart)
