[Hank Kerchief]

Are you seriously telling me, and the world, that:

He [God] hates our sin so much that only bloodshed can atone for it.

Answers the qeustion:

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

Now, you may be right, "That's basic Christian theology -- if you don't understand it, then you have no grasp of Christianity," even though I have studied "Christian theology," for over forty years," but, if the above is your answer to the question asked, you have no grasp of simple logic, because it does not answer anything at all.

I suggest you look at MarMema's excellent post here and the link provided. I assure you, MarMema is an excellent student of theology.

Hank

[MarMema]

I assure you, MarMema is an excellent student of theology.

Oh come now. Your credibility will decline even more quickly here if you persist in these kinds of statements.

[Sloth]

No, my answer was "God has a sense of justice that must be satisfied." The rest was just a comment on the particulars.