Additionally, if you want to be technical about things, there was no real birth or death of Jesus. Both parts were made up, and honestly
I do not want others to hate what I am saying or think me evil for
The fact was, the Jewish leaders wanted to tie in Christianity very well for their purposes. They had been given all the tools and the setup needed to do their part.
I do not know who came up with the ending part
As mentioned before, it also had the effect of discouraging blood sacrifice. I do not know that the elite actually wanted that, as they still to this day believe in that, but it is possible they may have wanted to keep
If you look at the Salem witch trials, it was not actually Christianity behind it. Rank and file of normal people would have been fine with just giving fines or jail. It was the corrupt elements who viewed the witches as
Back to the point, Christianity is not going to go away.
It may sound barbaric that God required a blood sacrifice
So I never want to offend anyone, but
So there you have it. Christianity was given to us from the other side. It was given based on existing belief systems in a complex way of balancing the known massive corruption that undoubtedly would change it. People adopt minor changes more than major ones. Changing
Christianity is not