So /pol/, you think you understand Christianity?

>>136860165
1. To fulfill prophecy.
2. To bear the sins of mankind upon Himself.
3. To bear the wrath of God on all of those sins.
4. To pay the ultimate price for those sins; i.e. death.
5. He was buried because he was dead.
6. He rose from the dead because he is God.

>>136860165
To complete the Trinity and unite soul with flesh

Because he is an allegory for the sun, like all the others before him.

>>136860632
>The sun rises every third day.

>>136860928
The Sun "dies" on December 22, the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Three days later the Sun rises 1/10 of a degree further North, just barely detectable by carefully observing shadows (I've observed the Sun's shadows and taken measurements and have determined it is possible to determine the position of the Sun to this accuracy). The Sun has been resurrected; a new year has begun.