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    1. Extraordinary Banana‏ @literalbanana 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @sonyasupposedly @sonyaellenmann

      oh man it’s like the opposite of Jesus

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @literalbanana @sonyaellenmann

      How so

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    3. Extraordinary Banana‏ @literalbanana 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @vgr @sonyaellenmann

      well a common contemporary american protestant point is to say that Jesus died for you personally

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    4. Extraordinary Banana‏ @literalbanana 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @literalbanana @vgr @sonyaellenmann

      somehow managing to personally deserve the holocaust seems like the opposite of that logic

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    5. Extraordinary Banana‏ @literalbanana 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @literalbanana @vgr @sonyaellenmann

      oh man it never occurred to me how much of an own it was to tell someone that Jesus died for them personally

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @literalbanana @sonyaellenmann

      Is that just a rhetorical thing or is there some convoluted theological reasoning behind it like transubstantiation?

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    7. Extraordinary Banana‏ @literalbanana 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @vgr @sonyaellenmann

      I’m pretty sure there’s theology behind it but I am not familiar with it

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @literalbanana @sonyaellenmann

      Hmm @micahtredding do you know the story here?

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    9. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @vgr @literalbanana and

      The basic (mainstream) idea is that all sins must be "paid for", or else you go to hell. Jesus's death was the "payment" to atone for everyone's sins, giving them the chance to go to heaven instead. But you have to accept the payment by accepting Jesus.

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    10. Micah Redding  🧬 ⚙️ 🔥 🗽‏ @micahtredding 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @gravity_levity @vgr and

      Yeah. Basically, sins have to be paid for. Jesus is considered infinitely meritorious, so he can pay for everyone's sins. You just have to "cash the check", since you still have agency over your life.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 11 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @micahtredding @gravity_levity and

      Oh that makes sense actually. You could even formalize it with a Godellian numbering scheme. An infinite list of all who will ever live, with a preprinted get out of hail free card reserved for every unique id. You have to claim yours to use it. Held for you at “will call”.

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        2. Michael F. Martin‏ @riemannzeta 11 Dec 2018
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          Replying to @vgr @micahtredding and

          But as @sonyaellenmann says, then there's Calvinism

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        1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 11 Dec 2018
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          Replying to @vgr @micahtredding and

          “hail” was a typo above but it makes so much sense via 2 different puns I might now believe in miracles

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        2. Extraordinary Banana‏ @literalbanana 11 Dec 2018
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          Replying to @vgr @micahtredding and

          somewhere a church sign says this

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 11 Dec 2018
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          Replying to @literalbanana @micahtredding and

          There’s an infinite monkeys on typewriters joke here somewhere

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