Jun 27, 2007, 07:02 AM
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The short answer is that the direct route to God requires you to follow the complete Mosiac Laws. Failure to follow said laws requires some sort of atonement (e.g. sacrifice). The idea behind Jesus is that he takes care of the atonement for you. You said you don't want scripture, but there's a parable that explains the concept pretty well. It involves a "just king" who finds out that his son has broken his laws. Being the just king that he is, he sticks to enforcing the law; yet, being the loving father that he is, he pays for the crime in his son's stead.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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