(October 13, 2017 at 12:40 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(October 13, 2017 at 10:54 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: And that is what matters most. His Love and Sacrifice. Not whether a Roman centurion visited Jesus in person or by proxy.
You could probably whittle that down to just his sacrifice and still be meaningfully christian. God needn't be the creator - or even be, there needn't be any divine or natural teleology to evolutionary biology, and it might not be an issue of love...but if the death of one man can provide atonement for another...you're still getting the only completely non-negotiable article of faith in christian dogma.
For demonstration..imagine that all of the rest is true..but that vicarious redemption isn't. Is it still christian?
How about a bible-free xtianity? I can see some real advantages.
