love of blood rough draft

Agape Love is defined as Self-less and Uncoditional Love...the bible says that "God" is Love. But "God" in the old testament required the blood of sheep as payment for crimes against his law...(like paying a ticket but with blood from an animal instead of money.) paul says in Hebrews that "God requires blood for the remission of sins." in the old testament, gods’ "love" was CONDITIONAL, he demanded obedience to his law and sacrifice of blood...Now, the new testament was the new covenent that states:"god" so "loved" the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosover believes on him shall not perish but have everlasting life...but he who does not believe is CONDEMNED...I am saying that according to John 3:18, "god"s "love" is still CONDITIONAl...I believe that Love drives out fear, and fear has to do with punishment (1John). Jesus gave his life as a sacrifice to free his people from an evil system that required blood for the remission of "sins". He was crucified as a blashphemer because he did not serve thier "god" that required unconditional obedience and sacrifice but taught the people of his Father showing them how to live self-lessly and love unconditionally and live harmoniously with the world and each other and not out of fear, obligation, and duty to an almighty deity. Christianity distorts the message of Jesus by making salvation dependant on the acceptance of Jesus’ sacrifice insisting that "god" required blood for the remmission of sins and his sacrifice is the only atonement for our crimes against "god"s law. Christianity reverses the revolution of Love that Jesus taught and once again puts the emphasis on Blood. The revolution has been hijacked and made into the new orthedoxy. I believe that Love and law are inherently incompatible.
Why does it have to be about blood
Christianity is based on the presupposition that "God requires Blood for the remission of sins." (Hebrews 9:22-28). Jesus is regarded as the "final sacrifice" to end the practice of slaughtering sheep and pouring their Blood over the alter in the most holy of holy places. He is the "Lamb of God" which taketh away the "sin" of the world (John 1:29). and if i don’t believe in "God’s only begotten son" i "stand condemned" (John 3:16-18) because his Blood washes away my "sins" and makes me white as snow...If i do not accept the Blood of Jesus, your theology says i will burn in hell for all eternity. Even Jesus himself is quoted as saying that "if you do not drink my Blood and eat my flesh you will have no part of my kingdom."(although i believe he was being ficicious and metaphorical here) My question is, (keeping in mind the biblical definition of Agape): If "God" is (Agape) Love, WHY did he require the shedding of innocent blood for the remission of "sins" in the first place (see Leviticus)? Does UNCONDITIONAL Love require a blood sacrifice for the remission of "sins"? Does SELF-LESS Love require a blood sacrifice for the remission of "sins"? If you love someone do you demand that they sacrifice something for you? Doesn’t the concept of demanding a sacrifice seem conditional and selfish to you? Why must you equate Love with sacrifice? If "God" is Love, WHY does he require blood for the remission of "sins"? and further more, If "God" is Love, WHY would he create a law that would condemn and judge people as sinners anyways? If you voluntarily, unconditionally and self-lessly Love someone do you hand them an impossible list of rules to follow and in addition expect them to sacrifice something they Love in order to atone for the rules they inevitably will break and threaten them with death, hell and damnation if they fail? If Yahway the god of the Torah was not the devil himself i don’t know who is. I believe that Jesus saw thru this bull-shit and offered himself as a scapegoat to free his people from an oppressive and usurious religion...and

John says in his first epistle, "God is Love." (Agape Love). He says "Perfect Love drives out fear...fear has to do with punishment."

I believe that god is(Agape) LOVE. I believe that (Agape) LOVE is unconditional.


what i understand of Christian theology it states that: "God" does NOT require blood for atonement for sin anymore because he gave his only begotten son...but he who does not believe in his BLOOD being the atonement for our sins and accept that his BLOOD is the only way for salvation will spend eternity in hell. Please correct me if i’m wrong about that.
what i do not understand is how a loving god can damn someone to hell for not believing in his son and further more why he would require blood for the remission of sins in the first place and even further, why he would create a law that elevates himself as a supreme deity and forces everyone to worship and obey and sacrifice for him...this teaching is contrary to everything that i believe about Love.

If you would indulge me in a hypothetical situation to explain my point of view:
Suppose you had a wife that you loved very much and she got off work at 6 while you got off at 5. Because you loved your wife and were aware of her needs you would put a load of laundry on, finish the breakfast dishes and start on cooking supper so that when she got home she could relax. this service is a self-less, and voluntary act of free-will and is unconditional, with-out expectations of anything in return...if you love your wife, actions such as this will come natural. Now...let’s say that one day you get home from work and instead of doing all that you sit down and eat some left-overs and watch seinfield. When she comes in from work She storms into her room and comes out with a stone tablet in which she has chisled commandments such as thou shalt clean, cook, ...ect, ect, and thou shalt not ...she has seperated herself from you by placing conditions on her love...the law now stands between her and you it is a gap that can only be crossed by sacrifice. In this scenerio the law has rendered love useless, now these same actions that were an act of Love and devotion have become an act motivated by Law which causes the very same actions to be done out of motives of fear, obligation and duty, the love is not reciprocal and therefore cannot be shared...Love is alive...Law is mechanical and dead...Love and Law are inherently incompatible.

I believe that the message of Jesus was a message of Love. He came to replace the Law (which is death) with Love (Life).


John is my favorite of the 4 gospels, his use of language is astounding and his expression nothing short of mystical...Pauls assertion in the book of Hebrews that "God requires blood for the remission of sins" seems to be the elemental foundation of your faith...i have spoken to many christians about why this is so and the consensus seems to be because god is Holy and cannot stand anyone to break his laws and requires justice and punishment for sins in order to appease his wrath...John states in his first epistle that "God is Love." He also says that "Perfect Love drives out fear" and "...fear has to do with punishment." Paul wrote a beautiful and poetic passage in 1 Corinthians and in it states that "Love keeps no record of wrongs." ...not to mention Jesus’ teachings on Love and forgiveness...these concepts seem to stand in complete opposition to the doctrine of salvation thru blood sacrifice...Christianity is based on the idea that the blood of Jesus somehow saves us from our sin. (John 3:16-17) If God is (Agape) Love, WHY does he require blood for the remission of sins? Agape is a greek word that means Unconditional, Self-less, and Voluntary Love. There is nothing Unconditional, Self-less, or voluntary about the demand for innocent bloodshed to atone for sins. If "God" is Love, WHY does he require blood for the remission of sins?