Jewish Christian conflict resolution 15 Vicarious atonement

Jan 28, 2019
We deal with the most appealing concept to Christians and the most appalling concept to Jews. This is the concept of Jesus's death atoning for our sins. It sounds so wonderful. We don't have to deal with the problem. Jesus did it for us. Every knowledgable Jew cringes. Sin is to be distanced from God. Atonement is through changing and returning to a close loving relationship with God. Nobody can do that for you.
The source of all illness is not living with God in our lives, by smoking, or unhealthy eating, or unhealthy emotions. We need to take responsibility for our actions and change.
The insanity of blaming illnesses on those who don't vaccinate is as foreign to Judaism as vicarious atonement.