My latest essay is now live over at An American Atheist:
Not only was Judas’ sin integral to the process, but we cannot forget the sins of those who lied about Jesus to rile up the people against him, and those Roman officials who looked the other way, allowing the mob to execute Jesus even though he stood innocent of the charges against him. What we have, then, is a perfect storm of injustice orchestrated to accomplish God’s ultimate plan for the salvation of humanity. And this is one more multi-faceted reason why I can no longer be a Christian.
First, I enthusiastically reject as wholly immoral the act of substitutional atonement purchased through human sacrifice. Furthermore, forgiveness at the expense and ultimate exclusion of the second most necessary figure in God’s plan of salvation only adds another, deeper dimension of immorality.
And it gets even worse.
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