Oh, incidentally: if God forbids human sacrifice in the Old Testament (although he did accept it on one occasion: Judges 11:29-40), then why was it necessary for Jesus, who was a human, to be sacrificed? Does that not count as a human sacrifice? Therefore God breaking His own law?
and exactly when and where did the idea of Jesus as human sacrifice for sins come in? Was it part of the original Christians' beliefs? Or did it originate with the Pauline and Pseudopauline epistles?
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Date: 2005-12-20 06:08 pm (UTC)and exactly when and where did the idea of Jesus as human sacrifice for sins come in? Was it part of the original Christians' beliefs? Or did it originate with the Pauline and Pseudopauline epistles?