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As to Jesus Christ, Funk stated that
As to Jesus Christ, Funk stated that
:''"The plot early Christians invented for a divine redeemer figure is as archaic as the mythology in which it is framed. A Jesus who drops down out of heaven, performs some magical act that frees human beings from the power of sin, rises from the dead, and returns to heaven is simply no longer credible. The notion that he will return at the end of time and sit in cosmic judgment is equally incredible. We must find a new plot for a more credible Jesus."''
:''"The plot early Christians invented for a divine redeemer figure is as archaic as the mythology in which it is framed. A Jesus who drops down out of heaven, performs some magical act that frees human beings from the power of sin, rises from the dead, and returns to heaven is simply no longer credible. The notion that he will return at the end of time and sit in cosmic judgment is equally incredible. We must find a new plot for a more credible Jesus."''
Funk's new plot for Jesus clearly led to the Jesus Seminar and ''The Five Gospels''. This led to the removal of the primary mission of Jesus, that of bringing salvation to mankind; Funk reduced it to an equivelent of pagan sacrifice:
Funk's new plot for Jesus clearly led to the Jesus Seminar and ''The Five Gospels''. This led to the removal of the primary mission of Jesus, that of bringing salvation to mankind; Funk reduced it to an equivalent of pagan sacrifice:
:''"The doctrine of the atonement—the claim that God killed his own son in order to satisfy his thirst for satisfaction—is subrational and subethical. This monstrous doctrine is the stepchild of a primitive sacrificial system in which the gods had to be appeased by offering them some special gift, such as a child or an animal."''
:''"The doctrine of the atonement—the claim that God killed his own son in order to satisfy his thirst for satisfaction—is subrational and subethical. This monstrous doctrine is the stepchild of a primitive sacrificial system in which the gods had to be appeased by offering them some special gift, such as a child or an animal."''