Frank Apisa wrote:Why does "requiring people to torture and kill his son"...prove that your god loves everyone????
Biblically speaking, it was necessary only for Jesus to die as a perfect human to provide a corresponding ransom for Adam's sin. The painful circumstances of Jesus' death were a result of Satan's determination to prove that he could turn any of God's creations against Him. A similar situation occurred in the book of Job, if you remember.
The sacrifice of animals and the spilling of their blood was a part of the law pointing to Jesus sacrifice. There were many incidents in the OT which prefigured the life and death of Jesus. To name a few, there was:
The testing of Abraham - If you can imagine the difficulty Abraham must have experienced intending to sacrifice Isaac, then you can understand the price God paid by allowing his only begotten son to experience death.
The Passover - which required the sacrifice of an animal, the eating of unleavened bread and drinking of passover wine. Jesus has been referred to as the "last Passover"; the unleavened bread, his sinless body; the wine, his blood poured out in behalf of humankind.
The offering by the high priest of the sacrifice in the most holy part of the temple. Upon Jesus' death, we are told the curtain of the most high in the Temple at Jerusalem was torn asunder.
Biblically speaking, of course. Now you naysayers will have a few things to say to impress your bible thumping friends.
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