Dilemma for theists!

[The Grand Nudger]

So it would seem. I've gotta say though, I set the bar pretty damned low. I'd expect a god to be orders of magnitude "better" than myself. That's always the trouble with gods, they're never any "better" than the minds of those that created them. To the people who waxed poetic about the abrahamic god and it's messiah figure all those years ago scapegoating and magic were absolutely real (and perfectly acceptable). This is no longer the case. I'd like to imagine that had I been born then and there that my mind would immediately discard such notions, but who's to say? Maybe I'd be the asshole tying things to the post. Luckily (for you I suppose) we were born a fair amount of time removed from those who (so the story is told) performed this bit of magic. This allows a person to conveniently wash their hands of the blood they hope to be bathed in, if one were so inclined. I doubt that many of us here would to carry out such a thing. (even if they were willing).

Speaking of tying things to a post.... Isn't the crucifixion just wonderfully macabre imagery along the theme? This narrative is about as close as you can get to a practical manual on sympathetic magic. What's the aim, the end goal of all of this? To avoid judgement (which was inflicted upon the scapegoat), torture (which was inflicted upon the scapegoat), and ultimately, death (which was inflicted upon the scapegoat).

It's no wonder this shit caught on with us......