>>17803375 (OP)>I would never let another man suffer on my behalf.Not up to you.
>Yet, this is the FOUNDATION of Christianity: substitutionary atonement (an innocent man suffering for the guilty)Penal substitution is just one Soteriological theory among many, although a very prominent one.
>How did so many become so selfish and immoralHuman beings are inherently selfish and immoral, and let me remind you that it was German pagans who first converted to Christianity, are you calling them selfish and immoral?
>How do you Chrisitans think it is ok that someone else suffered and died for YOUR "sins"?Because He loves me, so I cherish, honor and appreciate His sacrifice, the one that He did before I was ever born.