RE: Is it egotistical to think that a God would die for you?
June 2, 2013 at 11:31 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2013 at 11:33 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 2, 2013 at 11:28 pm)Consilius Wrote: You haven't contradicted me. I don't worship a God of "let it slide". Was God supposed to FORGET about the wrongdoings of humanity? That would be the definition of injustice.I'd feel compassion and remorse for the scapegoated- sure, but I'd also feel disgust at those who would accept scapegoating as a suitable way to handle what I can only imagine they feel to be some issue of moral responsibility.
Christ's sacrifice is scapegoating, yes. Scapegoating of himself. Or do you feel sorry for Jesus because he gave himself up for the rest of us? Not to mention that Jesus is also God.
Nobody killed anybody with the purpose of absolving sins: not the Jews, not the Romans, and not God the Father.
Christ's death was a sacrifice he approved of and executed himself.
In what other capacity do you feel that scapegoating is suitable. You keep referencing the approval of the scapegoated - so howsabout we let mothers take the needle for their murderous sons? Sound like justice, or moral responsibility to you?
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