Pseudo
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This is just the doctrine of original sin.. something invented by Augustine. A doctrine that wasn't entirely agreed on by the early church (especially some orthodox). Only adopted fully by Catholics and Protestants. Who make up only half of the Christian world. I don't totally buy into the idea of Jesus as a sacrifice, in the same way they do. If Jesus was really meant to take upon all sins, then he would have never wasted the majority of his life being a wandering rabbi. A teacher teaches the ignorant, for the sake of correction. A teacher doesn't waste time with the utterly corrupt and hopeless. He spent a lot of time prescribing ideas on good thinking, good attitude, good ways to avoid damnation, etc.. If none of it mattered, and that we were truly corrupt to the bone, and all he had to do was die for their sins, then he would have cut to the chase. He was wasting his time living into his 30s, if that's the case. He could have died as a toddler or something. Problem solved.
edit: Hmm.. this is way off the subject. Carry on.
If he knew that he would be a sacrifice then why would he think they were hopeless? Also not perfect =\= totally corrupt and hopeless in the first place. I would assume he wandered and taught to correct misconceptions about god and to make it clear why people should accept him as a saviour. In the framework I'm talking about (which you dont't have to accept) Jesus death alone doesn't grant you salvation you have to accept it. So dying quietly and not telling anyone would pretty much defeat the point.
Edit: forgot to mention that there is also the idea that He lived to thirty so that it could be clear that he faced all the temptations of a normal person be disn't succumb to them. A sin free toddler is only mildly impressive. A thirty year old man is.