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Therein lies the illogic of Christian teaching. God sets a standard of behaviour which is so high that He knows no man can attain it. He demands that proper retribution be made for what He has defined as man's sins. The only unit of currency He recognizes is blood sacrifice, and He sets the price above what any man can afford to pay. However, He nonetheless wishes for man to be saved. He cannot simply cancel man's debt, or adjust his expectations of man's behavior, so instead He has Himself tortured and executed. This demonstration is sufficient to cancel all human sin, past, present and future. But there is one final catch: the forgiveness of sins is no longer dependent on sacrifice, but neither does it depend on repentance or good works. Forgiveness is only granted to those who ''believe that the sacrifice took place''. Anybody who does not hear the Good News, or who hears it but remains unconvinced, is ineligible for salvation.  

Therein lies the illogic of Christian teaching. God sets a standard of behaviour which is so high that He knows no man can attain it. He demands that proper retribution be made for what He has defined as man's sins. The only unit of currency He recognizes is blood sacrifice, and He sets the price above what any man can afford to pay. However, He nonetheless wishes for man to be saved. He cannot simply cancel man's debt, or adjust his expectations of man's behavior, so instead He has Himself tortured and executed. This demonstration is sufficient to cancel all human sin, past, present and future. But there is one final catch: the forgiveness of sins is no longer dependent on sacrifice, but neither does it depend on repentance or good works. Forgiveness is only granted to those who ''believe that the sacrifice took place''. Anybody who does not hear the Good News, or who hears it but remains unconvinced, is ineligible for salvation.  

I believe that this is illogical.

I believe that this is illogical.