(August 19, 2019 at 1:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 19, 2019 at 12:25 pm)Lek Wrote: Why is christianity inherently immoral?
Substitutive sacrifice is immoral on the face of it. I can pay your debts, but that doesn't absolve you of the moral obligation of the debt. I can serve your prison sentence in your place, but that doesn't erase what you did.
Torturing and murdering a 1st century rabbi to absolve humanity of its sins is a difference of degree, not of kind.
Boru
If you steal money from me, you have wronged me and owe me restitution. If your friend comes to me and offers to repay what you steal if I agree to drop charges and I agree, you are resolved of your debt. A person can forgive another person for a legitimate offense and not demand restitution. In this case, even though the offender didn't do anything to make up for the offense, he is forgiven and absolved.
