Why blood sacrifice?

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What it is that I would like to discuss is the notion of “blood sacrifice”. It seems to me that it is a very abhorrent notion, and I've always had a real problem with it. I never could square my feelings with the whole “Passion of the Christ” business. It never made any sense to me at all. Why was it necessary for God to sacrifice himself to himself in order that humankind could be “saved” from ourselves? I mean, he's omnimax, isn't he? He could have whatever he bloody damn wants just by making it so. After all, he set all the rules in the first place, so all he had to do was have one of his prophets come along and preach at people that here's the new covenant, and so long as you follow the game plan your soul shall be saved. What's with the whole hang-up with suffering, blood, and death? Christianity really does not seem like a very healthy mindset on a lot of levels. Any thoughts?

Let's see.
The concept of sin and the retribution for sins are very well defined in the Torah, with many of these warranting death, such as not observing the Sabbath, or committing adultery/fornication, and some sins were regarded as small enough to be atoned for by the blood of an animal.
Indeed, if the blood of an animal can atone for one small sin, and the blood of a man can atone for his own, great sin, the blood of a God can atone for all sins. Indeed, this is the logic behind it. However, the sacrifice has to be made in your name, so by accepting Jesus, you claim this sacrifice as your own, meaning, you earn salvation from your sins.

Besides, he's not saving you from YOURSELF, he's saving you from HELL. Indeed, if God could actually do whatever you stated above and he certainly can, I believe, it would erase the whole concept of sin and good deed.
Of course for those who view him as a mortal prophet, it is not in anyone's power to absolve someone else's sins, by that, I mean the moslems, who claim that he did not die on the cross, and even if he did, he cannot vouch for the sins of another man, even if he's a prophet.