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Hands up all those that celebrate Human Sacrifices…
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Do you never sacrifice yourself for somebody else, like your wife for example?
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That’s not close to my point.
The idea of vicarious redemption through the torture and slaughter of a 3rd party is in NO WAY moral nor ethical.
this is what I object to
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Who are we to decide what is moral or not when the maker of the element itself decides what to do with that element?
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Are you REALLY saying you don’t have the capacity to evaluate whether someone being tortured & killed is moral or not?
I know it’s immoral, as:
1. I wouldn’t want it done to me;
2. I wouldn’t want it done you you or anyone else on earth; and
3. Jesus wanted the cup to be taken from him too (although this is inconsistent between Gospels)
Can the all powerful, all knowing God not come up with anything more clever than a blood sacrifice? Why not simply forgive? This doesn’t make sense to me, nor most people who’ve given serious thought to the morals of such actions.
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You did not read my reply very well. I did not say that we do not have the capacity to evaluate whether someone being tortured & killed is moral or not?
God allowed a blood sacrifice because it were human being who thought they should bring blood sacrifices to their gods.
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