Put in those terms, it sounds rather ridiculous because Christians haven't been careful to explain what exactly is going on here. So I tried to back up a little bit and explain it to Charles yesterday, to make it more clear to him. I don't think he called interested in getting a clear answer, to be honest with you. I think he had formed his opinion already and was making a statement and trying to make Christianity seem as ridiculous as possible. Jesus is an antidote to a deadly disease.
Some people have the symptoms of the disease more obviously or in a greater manner than others.
But everybody is sick. The sickness, the Bible says, is sin. The proper way of looking at this is not as a wrinkle in theology, but seeing mankind as desperately ill. Some people have more symptoms than other people. They have much more evil behavior symptomatic of their sinful condition.