# Question about Christian Theology--Christ as Sacrifice to Whom?

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**Created:** [September 12, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-christian-theology-christ-as-sacrifice-to-whom/668668 "2013-09-12T15:44:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-christian-theology-christ-as-sacrifice-to-whom/668668/101 "2013-09-23T16:41:08Z")

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> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#):
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> So why didn’t he just hurl himself into a lava pit and call it a day? Jesus sacrificed himself by committing suicide-by-cop, essentially.

Because lava necklaces are really gaudy.

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