Is Jesus' death a human sacrifice?

Of course, according to Christians.

I used to laugh with folks about the dumb dummies who sacrificed virgins to volcanoes and the sun. Imagine my surprise when I found out that what people were laughing about was that it was the wrong sacrifice to the wrong god!

Primitive as fvck!

It wasn't a human sacrifice in the same manner that you would think of an aztec human sacrifice. Here are the reasons why:

1. Humans are made in the image of GOD. No human has the right to end a human life not even their own. GOD, on the other hand, created all life, thus has authority over it. Having supreme authority over His own life Jesus could allow Himself to be executed on the cross.

2. Being devine Jesus raised himself from the dead. This is at the base of Christianity. This is supported by documents from the Roman arcives of the time and there are no known historical documents refuting his rising fromn the dead, even though the Romans and the Jews tried to slow the spread of Christianity.

3. His death was an execution. He was innocent of the charges brought against him. The Roman Govenor named Puncteus Pilot allowed the execution in order to appease the mob that was demanding his crusafiction. The same thousands of people in Jerusalem that after his ressurection and being eye witnesses to his being alive, converted to Christianity.

The bible is what is called "Faction" A fictional story set in a factual time and place. Thus the time, place and real historical characters are all correct but the fictional characters and stories are not!

There is not one single mention of Jesus in the entire Roman record - that is right - not one! At the same time as he was supposed to have been around there were a number of Jews claiming to be the messiah - all of whom are well recorded!

There is not a single contemporary record from any source and even the bible mentions of him like all other references were not written until many years after his supposed death!

He was supposed to have been a huge problem to the Romans and produced wonderful miracles but still not one contemporary record?

Even the bible mentions of him like all other references were not written until many years after his supposed death!

Pilate is recorded in the Roman record as a somewhat lack luster man but no mention of a Jesus, a trial or crucifixion that would surely have been used to make him look brighter!

At best he was an amalgam of those others but almost certainly never existed!

No.

Alma 34

9 For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the atonement which it is expedient should be made.

10 For it is expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice; yea, not a sacrifice of man, neither of beast, neither of any manner of fowl; for it shall not be a human sacrifice; but it must be an infinite and eternal sacrifice.

11 Now there is not any man that can sacrifice his own blood which will atone for the sins of another. Now, if a man murdereth, behold will our law, which is just, take the life of his brother? I say unto you, Nay

Alma 34:14

14 And behold, this is the whole meaning of the law, every whit pointing to that great and last sacrifice; and that great and last sacrifice will be the Son of God, yea, infinite and eternal.

Jesus was fully human and fully divine while He was among us. His sacrifice was an act of love removing the sin barrier between man and God so the door to an eternity to God could be opened.

It was a message to those who have ears to hear.

Don't do evil even when your fellow men do but do good even to death.

This is the acceptable sacrifice.

Well, in a way it is. The Jews sacrificed lambs from the earliest times. Lambs were symbolic of man's relationship to God.

In ancient times in the Middle East, raising sheep was one of the biggest businesses. Every year the ewes would bear their lambs, and some ewes would die and some lambs would die. So the logical thing was to pair the orphan lambs with the lamb-less ewes. But that didn't work because the ewes would sniff the lambs and know they weren't theirs, and refuse to feed them. So someone came up with the brilliant idea of taking some blood from the dead lamb and smearing a little on the orphan lamb. Smelling her own ewe's blood, the lamb would recognize the orphan lamb as her own.

So the Bible is full of lamb-raising references and analogies. 'The blood of the lamb' was likened to our reconciliation with God. In the first Passover (in the Exodus) Jews were told to kill a lamb and smear its blood on their doorways to identify themselves so the angel of death would 'pass over' them.

Christians believe Jesus was like the ultimate sacrifice. He's called: The Lamb of God. And they believe that by his death he alleviated the need for animal sacrifices after that.

(Obligatory disclaimer: I'm not a Christian myself so it's not for me to tell you what they believe. But this is what I heard from Christians.)

It wasn't a sacrifice but an execution perpetrated by the Romans.

Yes

Thats not funny. He was NAILED to the cross, HANGING by his NAILED hands and feet so he could be TEMPTED by the DEVIL so could then DIE for our sins.