Richard Dawkins ask the Questions... You Decide.

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2831712.htm
Thanks to the ABC's Q&A

RICHARD DAWKINS: The New Testament - you believe, if you believe in the New Testament, that God, the all powerful creator of the universe couldn't think of a better way to forgive humanity's sins than to have himself put on earth, tortured and executed in atonement for the sins of humanity? What kind of a horrible, depraved notion is that?

RICHARD DAWKINS: But the extreme is in the New Testament. I simply told you what is New Testament doctrine. That is St Paul's view, which is accepted by Christianity. That's why Christ came to earth, in order to atone for humanity's sins. If it's extreme, it's not me that's being extreme, it's the new testament that's being extreme.

RICHARD DAWKINS: Do you think it's admirable? You think it's admirable that God actually had himself tortured for the sins of humanity?

Is it admirable? I ask you.
Let's for a second run with Dawkin's own logic shall we?

If we accept that the problem of sin exists, then logically what chance does humanity have of ridding itself of it? If you have an organism, which is suffering because of a parasite or a cancer, you can either remove the parasite of cancer, or in the event that it can not be removed, the only sure fire method is to kill the host.

Suppose further that if you could find a second host organism that would act like either a sacrificial anode, and transfer the parasites or cancer to, wouldn't you consider that second host as admirable, or even noble?

The problem with this logic is that although you might cure the first organism, the second host, the sacrificial host would invariably die because it was carrying the parasite or cancer.

Suppose further that if the second host could regenerate itself after it had died, then it could in theory, keep on saving multiple target hosts that were in danger with this parasite or cancer. Wouldn't that second host because it could effectively solve the problem, be incredibly useful? What would happen if it could bear the parasites and cancers of many millions of diseased hosts at once?

Let's ask Dawkins' question again?
RICHARD DAWKINS: Do you think it's admirable? You think it's admirable that God actually had himself tortured for the sins of humanity?

I think...

YES!