If you believe in that stuff you would read that after that he supposedly did go to hell before coming back.[/quote]

But man's punishment was to spend eternity in Hell. If Jesus doesn't do that, he hasn't suffered enough to redeem us.[/quote]

Okay...lemmie splain it for you in the way I understand it.

Sins can only be cleansed by blood. It wasn't just the suffering. "The wages of sin is death." It was the fact that someone who DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING WRONG in the eyes of God (Jesus, the son of God) DIED in a very painful and bloody manner. "Only by blood can sins be redeemed." He only had to die the death that the rest of us deserved. No one could have paid that price because we're all blind, deaf, and incredibly stupid.

Originally, in the Law, they sacrificed "perfect and blemishless" animals in atonement. Ones that were not "blind" or "deaf" or "lame". It was a foreshadowing of the things to come.

And it applies to ANYTHING you do that is evil. Lying to your 3rd grade teacher about your dog eating your homework, kicking your little brother, secretly coveting your next door neighbor's car, etc. God couldn't stand watching us hurt ourselves and acting in ways that we were never meant to act. Without that blood spilling upon that cross, he wouldn't even be able to look at us. It was a way for us to get back to Him. Otherwise, we would be in eternal separation from God (A.K.A. Hell).

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Then don't watch it.
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Wasn't planning on it. I personally don't enjoy explicit violence, and choose not to see those movies. But that doesn't stop me from wondering why anyone would find something inherently unpleasant to be entertaining.

Kind of like scary movies. Some people enjoy it. That's the worst thing for me. Waiting, waiting, waiting until something JUMPS out at you. I don't find that fun at all, but some people do.

On the other hand, I really enjoy roller coasters, so it's not being scared per se.

I'm annoyed at a movie rating system that gives a movie with graphic violence and "R" rating, while giving movies with "sexual situations" the same rating. Makes it difficult to figure out what is "safe" to see.

I'd like to see a movie rating system where the level of violence and sex is on a 10-point scale, something like:

R (V:5 S:9)

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Lying to teachers and being jealous of a car is evil? Surely that's a bit harsh, and devalues the word.