@kjw47,
Do you not recognize the classic scapegoat tale. Scapegoats are still with us to this day. When a corporation does something wrong, they will find somebody to sacrifice and usually not the one that was responsible. The scapegoat concept is as old as time and as new as tomorrow. Jesus is the classic scapegoat, but the role was cast on him after the fact. Usually everybody knows who the scapegoat is and is there to witness the scapegoat get slaughtered. The Christian cult made Jesus the scapegoat about 300 years afterward when the Bible was written down to make a coherent tale.
What is truly frightening today is that many people today are worshiping a primitive human sacrificial cult. At one time religious cults were co governments with the civil government. To be king you had to be chosen by God. Of course, it was God’s man on earth who would decide who would be king. This gave religious cults the most power they ever held. What did they do? They started sacrificing people (witch burnings) all over the known world and stealing their property.
It does not matter what sins Jesus served as a scape goat for it matters that some people believe that a scapegoat can atone for any sin. Could scapegoats become common today? For the last 50 years the Christan right has tried to take control of the government. Preachers have run for president. If you actual believe in the scapegoat tale you might want to solve your problems that way.
Is not all sin willful? Did you just accidentally strangle your wife to death?