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The crucifixtion story is based on the older judaic/semitic tradition and mythology of the scapegoat, which is based on the much older tradition of animal sacrifice.
The scapegoat was a goat on which was ritually placed the sins of all the people in a city. The scapegoat was then driven into the desert or otherwise ritually killed, thus supposedly cleansing the people of the city from sin.
Like a lot of religious ritual, it's a way to shed guilt, or rather the feelings of guilt.
So, supposedly, Yeshuah performed the "final" scapegoat ritual, replacing the goat sacrifice with a human sacrifice, or rather a demigod sacrifice, powerful enough to cleanse everybody for all time.
Or so the mythology goes... Anyway, that's the mythological logic behind the crucifixtion story.
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