January 21, 2026

No one can sin for another, or atone for another’s sin.

Psalms 49:7 — No one can redeem the life of another, or give to God a ransom for them.

Deuteronomy 24:16 — Parents are not to be put to death for their children’s (sin), nor children put to death for their parents’ (sin)– each will die for their own sin.

Ezekiel 18:20 — The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt or the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.

These three Old Testament texts disappear the Doctrine of Original Sin and the need for atonement, redemption, forgiveness and the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross. Just like that, Christianity is disappeared from the League of World Religions. Good riddance, I say. It was ridiculous from the start.

Disappearing Christianity opens the way to flipping Christianity into a new version of its old self just by re-imagining all of its doctrines and its theology and transforming its offerings from “How to Avoid Hell and Get To Heaven When You Die,” to “How to Live a Life Devoted to Being True to Ourselves in Doing What Is Called for Here, Now, The Way It Needs To Be Done Forever!” Changing out the hymns will be the biggest problem–and a great opportunity for song writers and musicians.