What a Facebook Friend We Have In Jesus

Is believing in God the same as believing in space aliens? Bill Keller thinks so.
Can we read the Bible as basically a bunch of facebook posts from God? (This part of the discussion references articles by William Deresiewicz and Chuck Colson.)
Why would God punish Jesus for my sins? Don discusses the doctrine of justification and summarizes this paper in arguing that aspects of medieval philosophy led to a misunderstanding of what Jesus did on the cross.