Like Confucius was a philosopher, Buddhism is a philosophy and same way the Vedas' and upanisads are philosophy / a way of living life. Later they the greedy Bramhin turned it into a Maagikhane Bhado " minting pot.
No where it says " I will take your sin" Your sin dies with it. So our philosophy discourage to do the sin first. Secondly if you had a sin only your GooD Karma can relieve it , no one even the god of god.

Wondering ... how & why my name showed up in the title ?

Well: someone blamed you stealing idea and this gentleman thought you must be the right person to be TAGGED ON.

@logan I didn't know that ..
But, I sure do stand on the shoulders of giants .. those giants are usually - good giants; and they appreciate me standing on their shoulders because I enhance their appearance.

... I guess, I am a bit of a tube-light ... still don't get it ;)