[trebb]

Only a leftist could equate it as a way to elevate suffering. The author misses the whole point of Christ's sacrifice to pay the death penalty for ALL OUR SINS. God offered His Son as a sacrifice that we might not perish; Man demonstrated the cruelty that made such a sacrifice necessary. It was the ultimate Gift of Grace, made necessary because we couldn't abide by God's Law and were therefore doomed.

[Hank Kerchief]

Please explain how suffereing "pays" for anything, and why God is so eager to accept "pain" as a payment.

Hank