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The Tao of Christianity

Organized religion tends to greatly perplex me. I suppose I have difficulty with blind faith. I trust science, the observable, over religion, or the unobservable. However, I have more trouble with the contradictions, the irrationality that resides in organized religion. Since I was born and raised in the U.S. by Christian parents, I'm most familiar with that religion. So, let me run a thought by you which makes me scratch my head.

The story goes that Satan is responsible for man's sins, correct? Jesus lived a perfect life and sacrificed himself on a cross to die for these infinite sins, right? Through Jesus, we will be saved and forever live in a paradise known as heaven, true? So, Jesus is seen as the savior of man kind, yes?

Alright, so what if the devil didn't exist? Then what? Would sin then not exist? What would Jesus then have to sacrifice himself for? If it weren't for sin, Jesus wouldn't need to save us from what doesn't exist. So, my question is, where would Jesus be without Satan and vice versa? So, wouldn't man's fate be dependent upon both Jesus and Satan? Without sin (Satan), there would cease to exist a savior for those very sins (Jesus). There we have it. In Christianity, there are two saviors, whom are each other's nemesis - Jesus and Satan. Like I said, organized religion doesn't make much sense to me, especially when it comes to contradictions and irrationality.

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