(October 5, 2014 at 12:44 pm)Retrolord Wrote: I wouldn't call Christianity scapegoating, cannibalism whatever.
We believe God came into human form to take the punishment that everyone else should suffer individually. He knew what he had to do.
But what is to be gained by that? Taking punishment for the sins of the world does nothing to expiate those sins. By analogy, if I rob a bank and you agree to go to prison in my place, how does that absolve me of the guilt of robbing the bank in the first place?
Furthermore, if God took the punishment for everyone in the world, then why does God still mete out punishment?
Lastly, it (scourging, humiliation, crucifixion) seems a pretty weak punishment for the sins of the world. Billions of people committing billions of sins every hour of every day - sins of thought as well as of action - all obviated by the son of God having a single really bad day? Come on.
Boru
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