A serious question for christians?

Question

For full disclosure, I am a recovered christian who walked into the light of atheism several years ago...

One question that always bugged me when I was a christian was the concept of jesus' "suffering" for sins on the cross.

There are other forms of crucifixion that are much worse including breaking the legs of the victim so they suffocated sooner; being crucified upside down, etc.

There were much worse ways to be executed in the ancient world.

Why do you think his crucifixion was so bad that he "took on all the sins of the world"?

Answer 1

Well, ya see, the actual event was very very boring, and very short. So. One of the new converts decided to take a little poetic/dramatic license and spice it up a bit. Many years later, when the editing was done, the nice little monks didn't think a Texas Chainsaw chapter was appropriate. They had, after all, decided to target children to propagate their business venture... err... I mean, religion. So, once again, the story changed and lost alot in the editing. Texas Chainsaw version was created so it actually *would* be awful enough to account for all the sins of the world, but alas, the nice little monks had no vision... *sigh*
What can ya do?

Answer 2

Quit looking at the details man! It's a storybook... like any storybook when you start analyzing "Ummm, why?" it doesn't make sense...