Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
Is that all you were getting at? Given the context it seems reasonable to assume that Ingersoll's reference to "blood" is to the concept of "blood sacrifice" which requires the sacrificial [b]death of a living being. Such a concept is barbaric and borne of superstition. The concept is more about a sacrificial death than about blood per se. If primitiv ...[text shortened]... elieved that the foundation was strictly about blood then bloodletting would have sufficed.[/b]
Is that all you were getting at?
While the point isn't huge, it was tough enough for you to comprehend during the first go around.
Given the context it seems reasonable to assume that Ingersoll's reference to "blood" is to the concept of "blood sacrifice" which requires the sacrificial [b]death of a living being.[/b]
Nowhere did I state my defense of Ingersoll's statements. Without clarification on the actual topic, I would hold his views to be wrong; all the more so given his stated position overall.
Such a concept is barbaric and borne of superstition.
QED.
If, by "barbaric" you mean savagely cruel, you are correct. The cost of sin is savagely cruel, indeed.
However, your use of the term "superstition" is ill-placed, as connection to reality requires knowledge, not ignorance.
That being said, you have failed to respond to my post in earnest, instead opting to remain on the periphery of the subject. Your insistence of some magical scapegoat motif conjured up as a result of fear-infested ignorants sitting around a campfire dreaming of nightmarish no-escape mazes just doesn't add up. The 'scapegoat' in the real world is the Desired One. It was God Himself who took upon Himself the sins of the world. Cruelly, savagely and with full knowledge.