(December 8, 2014 at 4:54 pm)JonDarbyXIII Wrote:(December 8, 2014 at 4:48 pm)ChristIsLord Wrote: To live a pure life and suffer as he did is more sacrifice than I can ever imagine.Let's assume for a minute that the whole story is true. And let me concede for the moment that crucifixion was a horrendous death.
Countless people have died much worse deaths. Even some people who were crucified died a much slower, more painful death--your Bible, itself says that he somehow, amazingly died within only a few hours. Even if they sinned and Jesus didn't, wouldn't their [much worse] death have been sufficient atonement?
No because they would have had to live a sinless life for it to count as atonement.
And He died in about the span of an afternoon and that was after loosing a few pints of blood due to the scourging, thereby accelerating his death.