[Forest Keeper]

Prior to the 16th century, contrary to subsequent theological spin, no one believed the bloody slaughter to satisfy the wrath of a monster god theory of theosis that some groups of reformed theologians have taught over the past 400 years.

I suppose that a weak God's succumbing to a more-powerful-than-Him ransom demand does sound nicer. :)

If I thought for one minute that God was some divine blood thirsty Dagon Who created men in His image and likeness so he could torment the majority of them in everlasting hellfire, the massacre of His Son not really quite cutting it in the slaking of wrath area, why FK, I’d loath that monster with every fiber of my being.

ME TOO, BROTHER! :) Remember, it's my side that believes Christ's sacrifice actually accomplished something important, and final. It's you guys who say that what Christ did was great, but not good enough to secure the salvation of a single person.

[Kolokotronis]

“I suppose that a weak God’s succumbing to a more-powerful-than-Him ransom demand does sound nicer. :)”

You didn’t read +Athanasius the Great did you? Well, its sort of long. Try this and then tell me the Orthodox worship a “weak” God.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chrysostom-easter.html