@Jasper10,
Jasper10 wrote:
Frank...we can only HOPE in things...we can only HOPE that God exists or not..simply because we can’t prove it...The God of the bible demands perfection because he is Holy...One can believe this or not.
The God of the bible says he has made rules that have to be kept perfectly.As we cannot keep these rules we cannot be Holy...God says all sins need to be paid for...every single one.
The bible says that only God can pay that price for all our sins...we are unable to.
God can’t break his own rules...
Why a sinless God would want to die for wrongs that I have committed is beyond me.It is a love I can’t get my head around...
My understanding is that I have to let him do this for me even though I don’t understand it all fully and probably never will.
This is what I HOPE in......I know some people see this as crazy but the same people have not come up with anything better to HOPE in...
The notion that your god demanded that we humans torture and kill his son in order for him to "forgive" us for offending him...
...is so disgusting, it should even disgust you and others captive to this absurd fairytale, Jasper.
But, you are terrified of this vengeful, sicko god...so you pretend your love and understanding.
If the god you claim to love were a human...demanding that his son be tortured and killed before "forgiving" you for an insult...
...the human would be locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane.
You realize that...but your fear of this god is so great, you want to pretend otherwise.
Go for it.
BUT...you should do it in private, not in a public forum, because your bullshit is going to be called!
You seem like a decent person. I truly hope you get over this fear.