(April 19, 2012 at 9:08 pm)C Rod Wrote: Rhythm, sin has a price, it must be atoned. If we do it, we just cant, were incapable. Jesus did it, he could, he was sinless. The other proposition is that he simply forgets the sin with no work on our behalf, in which sin holds no importance and there is no justice. It must be accounted for, he just made it easier, no it made simpler. If its scapegoating then its scapegoating, i understand when a friend takes the blame for something i did because he did it because he was a friend, it was a choice, a kind gesture for me. Even if telling the truth will still atone the problem, there scapegoat/sacrifice shows that what i did was wrong and still needed consequence.
First of all, sin is a non-transferable liability. Your sin and you have to bear it. No one else can or should do it in your place. That's the ethic of personal responsibility, which your religion teaches people how to escape.
Secondly, so Jesus took on the sin of - how many people now? Everyone who has lived and died since then? So, basically, sin of trillions of people, each one worth an eternity on hell. He should still be down there - screaming and begging for mercy. What did he actually get? Like, 3 days? That's not even a slap on the wrist. By that logic, no one else should have to spend more than a millisecond in hell.
(April 19, 2012 at 9:08 pm)C Rod Wrote: What do you think about our fighting men and women, are they sacrificing themselves for our country or are they being scapegoated so you can live free?
You can't even read a dictionary? Scapegoating means "Having to pay for someone else's fault". Living under tyranny is not a fault.