It’s a new day, so I’ll choose peace again.
B. Unabashed Christian:
Holy One,
In the end, what matters is:
did we give and receive your love.
And did we pass it on to others?
Amen
C. Un-quoting Jesus:
“Thomas is so negative that every time he sees a rainbow, he runs for a boat.”
[Maybe Thomas descended from Noah. But He never said this.]
D. Blog: Scapegoat Jesus
I get very tired and angry at hearing the theological fantasy that turns Jesus into a scapegoat whose death supposedly appeases God for humanity's sin and makes further punishment unnecessary.
- God has no need for scapegoats. We humans might think we require them to satisfy our sense of justice and balance, but God is merciful and does not keep a tally of sin and sacrificial atonement.
- Jesus certainly did not understand Himself as a scapegoat. He was about calling people into the dominion of God, where all have a place at the table, where all find themselves at home as God's children, where all are forgiven - without the necessity of symbolic sacrificial lambs.
- What on Earth are Christians thinking when they basically accuse God of the ultimate in child abuse???
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