If Jesus did conquer death, then he was rebellious like Satan.
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I believe this is under the fallicy of "false premise". How was Jesus conquering death rebellion against God? Have you ever read the Bible? Like ever? Christ's death was the Father's will, that's the entire point of His prayer in the garden. Christ's "conquering death" was fullfilling the payment for sin, which is death. Since Jesus is of infinite worth because He is God, he can pay an infinite payment for an infinite amount of people. It's not going against God's will, it's actually God will. 1
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I've read all your arguments. If someone brings up a real point your argument reduces to name-calling. If God paid the price for our sins, then whom did he pay it to? I guess you're operating based on the assumption the Trinity doesn't exist with this one? Meaning either God had to pay to a higher power or He is irrational? I would adknowledge your argument if the Trinity wasn't evident throughout Scripture but it is. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are all one, this is known as the trinity. The three in one. Separate but the same person at the same time. This is confusing for many but have you ever read a book called Flatland? It presents a two-dimensional world. In this world all things that exist are two dimensional and observe it's own world in one dimension. Meaning shapes would appear as lines and you would discern distance and separation of bodies by shading. If a three-dimensional object was to go through this world, for example a hand, it could exist in multiple parts of the world, appear as separate entities, but still exist as a single object in reality. This is a good way to understand the Trinity. It's still incomplete but its much better than the egg or states of matter illustrations that are used. With the Trinity, God the Son pays the price set by God the Father and meets the requirement He Himself set. Yes you're correct but there are different rules for Jesus isn't there when it comes to believers ? , Jesus on earth was involved in theft , lying and mysoginictic behaviour so rebelliousness would fit with his personality . Regarding god been evil I agree and indeed proved it recently on here :) 1
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Yes, but he had the authority of God in those, so they can be seen as good. Conquering death from God is clearly an act against him, and thus definitely evil. Though I wonder why their deity conveniently stopped killing doubters like that. Not to mention that I've never heard it doing so in the East. 1
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Seems like you have no idea of the context of this debate. Here's other, earlier debate, and based on how much you differentiate between God and Jesus, the major part of your position might be destroyed in the other debate than this one. http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/ 1
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