[babygene]

"I also know in my religious upbringing that what Christ suffered was beyond human capability to endure."

I respect your religious upbringing, but I would suggest that the suffering of Christ was more focused on us than himself. The human body has a built in mechanism to deal with extreme pain... That would be shock. When a person goes into shock, they no longer feel the pain.

[Texasforever]

I respect your religious upbringing, but I would suggest that the suffering of Christ was more focused on us than himself.

I didn't say it wasn't but for God to send his only son to earth for the express purpose of suffering death and resurrection it is ludicrous to think that that it would, in any way, be a "human" event. The only way for God to make the point to US would be to use this as, forgive the term, a “shock and awe” event in a time when death and torture of mortal men was common place and the population sensitized to it.

[janette]

aren't you afraid to get flamed on this discussion ? I adore your opinion!!!!