If God demanded the death of an innocent and
blameless person before forgiving anybody, if God turned away even from those who repented
until someone else suffered for their sins, if God demanded the pain and blood of the cross before admitting anyone into right relationship... what kind of blood - thirsty, sadistic being would this be?
The Trustees did not meet
until September 5, and then responded with a gesture that was worse than doing nothing: They consigned the matter to a faculty board of inquiry, which did not hesitate to pass judgment on both the theological issue and the Trustees, while predictably finding the dissenters
blameless.