(July 27, 2020 at 1:48 pm)tackattack Wrote:(July 26, 2020 at 2:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Your argument, and that of many Christians, presumes that Jesus was innocent (or sinless). A cursory reading of the NT shows that this isn’t the case.
One could argue that Jesus more or less sacrificed himself as opposed to being used as a scapegoat. Since he was willing to die, the case that he was ‘punished’ is rather weak. If a father sacrifices himself to save his childrens’ lives, no one would describe it as a punishment.
*removes his Devil’s Advocate hat*
Boru
I would love to hear your interpretation on the sinfulness of Jesus and citing of scriptures.
Here's one example
But let me guess, Jesus's rules only apply to other people but not him.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"