Why were the Pharisees consistently depicted as the bad guys in the Christian gospels?

Into the Night said:
Then you don't understand, and don't even know what 'atheism' means.
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again, why do always pretend your stupidity is someone else's problem.
Into the Night said:
Mathematics is atheistic. It simply does not care whether a god exists or not.
Logic is atheistic. It simply does not care whether a god exists or not.
Science is atheistic. It simply does not care whether a god exists or not.

An atheist cares not whether a god exists or not.

There is nothing condemned, so there is nothing to redeem.
But it does have a place. By omitting religion from certain disciplines, those disciplines can operate independent of any preconceived notions.
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no.

mathematics is agnostic.
 
Guno צְבִי said:
IN SHORT… The Bible is clear, and it is consistent: one person cannot die for the sins of another. In other words, the sins committed by one person cannot be wiped out by the punishment given to another. In Exodus 32:30-35, Moses asks Gd to punish him for the sin committed by the people in regards to the Golden Calf. Gd tells Moses that the person who committed the sin is the one who must receive the punishment. Then, in Deuteronomy 24:16, Gd simply states this as a basic principle, ‘Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.’ This concept is repeated in the Prophets, in Ezekiel 18: ‘The soul that sinneth, it shall die… the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.’ The prophet Jeremiah looks to the day when the mistaken belief that one man’s death atones for another man’s sins shall no longer be held by anyone: in Jeremiah 31:29-30, the prophet says: ‘In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.’

A MORE COMPLETE EXPLANATION… The Christian understanding is that Jesus, the one they believe to be the messiah, died for the sins of all humanity. In this view, the messiah is supposed to be the blood sacrifice necessary for the forgiveness of sin; in other words, a human sacrifice. However, not only is this concept of the messiah not found in our Bible, but we are also taught quite clearly and consistently that no one can die for the sins of another, that one person’s guilt cannot be forgiven because of another person’s death. In Exodus 32:30-35, Moses tries to offer himself as an atonement for the sins of the People, by being written ‘out of Thy book which Thou has written.’ To be written out of Gd’s book means to be written out of the Book of Life; therefore Moses is asking to die for the sins of the People. Gd’s response is that it does not work that way, each man dies for his own sin:

The whole of Chapter 18 of the Book of Ezekiel expands upon and clarifies this principle. Furthermore, this chapter teaches that all we have to do to gain Gd’s forgiveness is to stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good. Nowhere does it say that we must have a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins.
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Contextomy fallacy.

Ezekiel is discussing punishments for crimes.

Adam and Eve brought death into the world. All men die. You cannot escape it.

Christ brought life into the world. All men have the ability to live again, just as Christ has done. This gift is to all who would accept Christ and his sacrifice and resurrection.

Christ brings more than this! He can also forgive our own sins. He is Lord. Without Christ, our own sins remain upon us, and there would be no resurrection by anyone.

I suggest you include the rest of the Bible in your studies, which discusses the Atonement, and why it is needed, and what it provides.
This is no mere 'blood sacrifice'.
 
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