Comment on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 25, chapter 96

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:17:22 GMT

Avoiding mockery is probably not a terminal value of most of the denominations you're referring to. Regardless, if you accept the doctrine of the Trinity, God gets to be both a third party and a first party to the transaction, problem solved! And most Christians probably see it more as God making a sacrifice to appease the cosmic legal system that he instituted rather than himself directly, if that makes any sense.

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