Originally posted by BananaKing
It's not immoral for someone to *choose* to take their life for you.1. The only immoral aspect of the idea of scapegoats is that they are forced into it against their will. And the hypocrisy of a human doing it to another human.
2. Jesus chose to die for us.
C. Therefore Jesus isn't a scapegoat.
A scapegoat must be willing, in order for sin to be taken away. Or it could be someone who everyone can blame.
Scapegoat is not well defined in the OP.
1. 2. C 😆
I don't think the OP realises what faith in Jesus' sacrifice means.
If you believe that a life is worth a life, and that a choice is worth a choice, as per the bible, you would avoid murder and rape and so on. But that doesn't mean believers are incapable of doing it.
It's no good saying God forgiving a murderer isn't fair, if the murderer *actually believes he has done wrong and is truly repentant*.
God obviously isn't going to forgive the man if he doesn't *believe* he has done wrong according to God.