...without dying for the benefit of his created.
That is what I don't get about the people making the substitution arguments, how that it is central to Christianity, and how it is barbaric.
I just don't agree with that sentiment at all.
Speculation, but I think it more likely that Jesus chose to die on the cross to save us from our sins, not so much because God demanded justice, but because we suck, and we wouldn't get the message that love is everything without that type of unselfish display of love, so we would never understand the nature of sin without that action.
That is what I don't get about the people making the substitution arguments, how that it is central to Christianity, and how it is barbaric.
I just don't agree with that sentiment at all.
Speculation, but I think it more likely that Jesus chose to die on the cross to save us from our sins, not so much because God demanded justice, but because we suck, and we wouldn't get the message that love is everything without that type of unselfish display of love, so we would never understand the nature of sin without that action.