The Importance of Atonement in the Jesus Story

For many people the Jesus story has often been defined by what is called atonement you could say making peace. The problem essentially is people that people have made a mess of things which none of us are going to disagree with. I would argue this is the proper starting place for the Christ if you've sensed that there was something else in play here as I've been doing with this this run of Jesus H Christ episodes.