Michael Mitchell: Archive

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Jesus Died For The Bad Guys

November 6th, 2015 at 12:00PM

"Christ, in terms of the Christian philosophy, is the human ideal. He personifies that which men should strive to emulate. Yet, according to the Christian mythology, he died on the cross not for his own sins but for the sins of the nonideal people. In other words, a man of perfect virtue was sacrificed for men who are vicious and who are expected or supposed to accept that sacrifice. If I were a Christian, nothing could make me more indignant than that: the notion of sacrificing the ideal to the nonideal, or virtue to vice. And it is in the name of that symbol that men are asked to sacrifice themselves for their inferiors. That is precisely how the symbolism is used."

--Ayn Rand, Playboy Interview: Ayn Rand

Jesus was (allegedly) a good guy who sacrificed his life for all the bad guys. Only bad guys can judge that as good.