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Is a religion based on human sacrifice moral and ethical?
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RE: Is a religion based on human sacrifice moral and ethical?
The problem with Jesus sacrifice is that it doesn't make a lot of sense. The only reason mankind was dubbed evil in the first place is because of certain rules God put in place and God's own decision to levy a certain punishment if those rules were broken.

Jesus death on the cross, assuming Christian trinity doctrine, is essentially saying God died for sins that he made sins in the first place to satisfy his own wrath. Even without trinity doctrine the only thing God is saving people from is himself since he would be the one delivering the punishment. He could have always just decided on a different form.

I will say though that Christianity can drive people to do great acts of love and I think there are people in Christianity that are very good/sacrificing people.
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RE: Is a religion based on human sacrifice moral and ethical? - by Voltair - January 4, 2012 at 4:56 pm

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