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Originally Posted by zen_tom
I'm God-curious, and this is one of the parts of the Christian faith that I honestly don't understand. I am asking this not in an attempt to put anything down, and I ask with the utmost respect, but could someone explain how or rather why God sent Jesus down to us to be tortured by us.
How did this atone for our sins? I really don't understand. It looks like we were unpleasant sinners, God came down to try and show us the way, and we tortured and murdered him. Understandably, he rose again, and left us. Would someone mind explaining this to me?
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Well, I tried to explain my own beliefs above; that it was done in part as an example for us to hold true and that God would not abandon us. I also believe it was the ultimate act of love for His creation, to actually come and be part of it.
A more traditional answer is that Jesus was a living sacrifice, in the long tradition of living sacrifices, and that his personal sacrifice was so perfect (unblemished, good, holy), that there never need be another.
The traditional answer always left something to be desired as far as I was concerned, hence my further thoughts on it.