street preacher on "why sacrificing Jesus"

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street preacher on "why sacrificing Jesus"

Hi,

The other day I talked to a street preacher. I am sure many people asks the question "why did Jesus has to DIE for our sins? No, not a few whips, not beatings, but GOD has to sacrifice his only son so we can be forgiven".

The preacher's answer is that God wanted to remind us that everything requires a sacrifice. The grain/rice you eat is sacrificed from a plant. The burger you eat is sacrificed from a cow, etc. I couldn't think of a counter argument. Is he right in that sense?

By the way don't bother talking to a street preacher, they are not there to be right, but confident. I learned that first hand when I did. The conversation turned to Hitler and his Nazi party, he said something along the lines of "Hitler and his communist...". I corrected him, he instantly ignored me, turned away and starts bashing communism.

Thanks

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Sky Pilot's picture
The idea of Yeshua as a
LogicFTW's picture
His hypothetical god did not
mykcob4's picture
There's your problem,.....you
MCDennis's picture
Wow. A street preacher knows
LogicFTW's picture
Hah, have not considered your
ylu01's picture
Yeah, I realized after not to
SecularSonOfABiscuitEater's picture
He came back in like 3 days
Nyarlathotep's picture
WaffleGuy - I couldn't decide
ylu01's picture
I wanted to say yes...because
MiltonAsh's picture
WaffleGuy.
LogicFTW's picture
Go to Las Vegas, there are
charvakheresy's picture
I had a recent run in with a
Sky Pilot's picture
Charvak,
LogicFTW's picture
Plenty of solid logical
charvakheresy's picture
I am not opposed to
ylu01's picture
Well, just like religion, if

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