RE: Is a religion based on human sacrifice moral and ethical?
January 4, 2012 at 4:33 pm
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2012 at 4:41 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(January 4, 2012 at 4:24 pm)Perhaps Wrote: Aside from the comment most others will make to this: "It's bullshit anyway, so who gives a fuck!"
What if Jesus, out of love, gave himself - for what is said to be - the redemption of the people's sins? It would indeed mean that the innocent was murdered while the guilty were allowed to walk away. That is not good justice in a legal sense, but it is good justice in the sense that, out of love, the people's sins were forgiven.
Imagine being a father and knowing your son was as immoral as they come, but given the option of taking his place on death row - would you? It's not just, or righteous - it's simply love. That idea of love amazes me to this day, no matter how much bullshit and lies are stuffed into religion, especially Christianity - some of the ideals presented are awe inspiring, to me anyway.
Let me sell you another used bridge out of righteous love. Please, just worship me above all else and I will promise you one quadrillion times more reward than you can imagine. This promise is so firm that you shall under no circumstances doubt it or test it or, having tested it out of lack of faith, admit that I could possibly have failed it.
To seal the deal, I will sacrifice my the most valuable thing I have in your name, and by the way of expiating your sins, donate the said valuables to myself. Having made this sacrafice of my things onto myself, I can now convince you that you deserve to burn in a hell a trillion times hotter than hottest if you don't deal with me.
Deal?
