Why was the Crucifixion necessary? Could not God have saved us in a way less cruel?
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10.09.14
God is not responsible for the brutality of the crucifixion. On the contrary, the crucifixion is the result of human sinfulness. This is because human wickedness has real consequences, and therefore our redemption (i.e. how God saves us from our sins) is not just about God “turning a blind eye” to our rejection of him. Rather in the redemption God actually takes the consequences of man’s sinfulness. This is what St. Paul means when he says that "For our sake God made the sinless one [Christ] into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God," (2 Cor. 5:21)
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