(August 13, 2010 at 11:32 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: The idea that a blood sacrifice is needed for the "faults" of humanity from birth is a rather dehumanizing notion. I find nothing uplifting or good from a religion that promotes the idea that humans are naturally terrible people and in order to make it better, someone must suffer and die to satisfy god.Eloquently put my Queen.
There is the idea, and I think it myself often, that humans are perfect, warts and all. This is quite different from stating that humans are without flaws. the point of xtianity is to address those real flaws and enable us to be confident, fully functioning people to the maximum of our potential.
To draw a line under our nature and say that this is all we're capable of sells us way short.
