Why was the crucifixion necessary ?

[pgrimes15]

Grimesy, a question for you. Why the Alpha course and how can you stand it?

I did a thread about the Alpha Course here

http://atheistforums.org/thread-8990.html

I didn't quite last to the end.

Incidently I was talking to the cousin I mentioned in the thread last night. Turns out that she did not realise that stars were suns or that our sun was a star. "What did you think they were ?!!" I asked in astonishment.
She thought they were all planets.

Regards

Grimesy

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I think I answered this in the other thread.

The crusifiction was a physical manfestation of the turmoil and suffering Christ endured on a spiritual level. He endured this so we would have some idea of the cost of salvation/attonement for sin.

Are you saying that it was a demonstration, or bit of theatre to make a point. Couldn't god have done something else like turn the sun off for a bit or make the sky turn orange.

I'm not trying to be trite or facetious, but it just does not make sense to me that a human sacrifice was necessary, in and of itself, to the exclusion of all other courses of action (like flying off in a fiery chariot).

More broadly speaking, when is a human sacrifice ever needed for anything.

Regards

Grimesy