If God did make all the rules....?

Question

If God did make all the rules... why did he make one that requires the sacrifice of his son inorder to let believes go to heaven?

Answer 1

Isnt it ironic . Just think bout it. If u are a most powerful and omnipotent God who created all the vast universe till the smallest of creation as atoms. Than how significant it would be to create human. And to make it more illogical , u need to create a son or your own self to kill to forgive human sin. Isnt it logical just to punish the sinners themselves, they r still your creation right.

Answer 2

I've often wondered about that myself. I know the "God's ways are not our ways" responses, but that just begs the question. The way I see it, any God worth worshiping is necessarily a God of love and light and justice.

Perhaps the problem is with the concept that "requires the sacrifice" is the way to look at it. Perhaps the sacrifice is necessarily voluntary. It's not so much required by the Father but offered freely by the Son. (By now I have plenty of Christians scratching their heads and wondering how I can write this and call myself a witch.)

But I'm wondering about the magical value of self-sacrifice. Aslant had some pretty heavy things to say in the Chronicles of Narnia. And this is not the only tradition where self-sacrifice is important magically. Perhaps those who sacrifice themselves are making the point that death is not the end; that they know they are going to "the next great adventure," and therefore if their death can benefit others, it will be worthwhile. Death holds no great attraction, but it also holds no great fear for those who have real internal power.

Answer 3

God doesn't make rules. We have free will. Nevertheless, there
are certain spiritual Laws, (realities), that exist.
Scripture says Jesus died the way He did because that was the way things were done on the Earth.
Think of all the humans, and other creatures of God, that have died violent, bloody deaths. This in fact creates spiritual energies that hinder the forces in Reality.
Thus, Christ died in such a manner, to purify the negative
spiritual energies we had created up to that point. Thereby
re-opening the doors to the spirit world, that had slowly been closing.
It happened at the necessary time. Just as the battle of Armeggeddon, which is not Judgement Day. Will take place
at the time of its necessity.

Answer 4

Tough question.

Here's how I look at it right this moment: Jesus paid for all the sacrifices that were once required to fulfill Old Testament laws. So, instead of sacrificing lambs and bulls or our own souls, Jesus came so that we didn't have to try to follow a ton of rules that were impossible for us to follow anyway.

So why did God give us all those rules to begin with knowing we'd fail? I think He did it so that He could say, when all is said and done, that He tried in every way possible to help us out. He tried to help us become who we were intended to be and He started out simple. He started out by saying: live here in this garden with everything you could ever need. All He asked was that we take care of it and never eat from one tree. We couldn't even handle that. So, later He gives us laws, and we can't handle that. So, then He does the most loving and touching thing He could possibly do. He becomes like us and dies for us. He sacrifices the very thing He once asked Abraham to sacrifice - His son and His self.

I'm not sure that I'm right about any of this. But this is how I see it.

Answer 5

Evolution would not rule out the opportunity of a god, and neither does a god rule out the opportunity of evolution. there is not any information of such however the prospect exists. What I even have continually been inquisitive approximately is people talk approximately clever layout as being greater helpful than evolution. there are various evolutionary lifeless ends and a few very dumb creations. yet clever layout potential that during basic terms the final or suited products would be created. SO, what form of innovations lifeless author designed a Jeffery Dahmer or a Hitler or a Pol Pot or a pope Innocence third.

Answer 6

Because god takes offence any time people exercise their right to free will. If it was a sin for Eve to eat from a certain tree, then imagine how angry and strict god is about everything else in life. Do you think he is angry with Enron?

And yet there are religious people who ignore so much of the other teachings of the bible, while continuing to focus on Eve's sin. I have never seen so many gluttons in my life as when I turn on the TV and watch people like REVEREND John Hagee or REVEREND Jerry Falwell waddling around the stage, ignoring the sin of gluttony, while mouthing off about anything else.

As for the sacrifice of his son, it again shows just how controlling and angry god really is. Couldn't he just forgive and forget? If your son smashed up your car, sure you would be angry but would you punish him for the rest of his life and for all of eternity??

And it is interesting that are so many religious groups all believing in different things and all saying that they are the only ones going to heaven! Ask a Pentecostal if he believes in Jehovah's Witness. Ask a 7th Day Adventist if he believes that Baptists will get to heaven. Ask a Baptist if he agrees with Pentecostals, etc. Catholics will have their own line of defence, etc.

Answer 7

I think u're cofused about gods... 1st and first god didn't created us, we created them. And in the course of civilization and those period where men realised it was the strongest who survives.. then those rules were layed out to exploit those ppl who were inneed of a savior.... heaven and hell is the same place in a same pt of u're one precious life... just live on and don't listen to those hooligans.
cheers

Answer 8

There had to be a bood scarifice for the atonement of sins. That is a God's- eternal law.
The laws of the universe hold true - as does God's laws.

Answer 9

God dun have any son nor doughter.... how come a GOD like that?? If Human yes, Animal ..Yes GOD ..NO... Soo the rule a wrong...

Answer 10

I do not know what your religion says....but if god did do that it would be to show us humans how we should also sacrifice in the name of the better good