Why would God create man, knowing that he would have to die for them?

Question

I see the question often, "Why would God create man, knowing that they would sin and go to hell." But I think a more interesting question that perhaps gives us greater insight to answering the question is why God would create man, knowing that he would die for them.

Answer 1

Love.

Answer 2

if Adam and Eve not sinned we were all created good.

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 1:31

it was very good

if they only obey the Words of Jesus

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

I Corinthians 2:8
King James Version

Answer 3

The one thing that God can not create is Love. Love without free will is meaning less. The world was created as a means of creating love. This must have been pretty important to God.

Answer 4

Basic info first: God is love. God is three persons in one (father, son, holy spirit). All Christains (past, present, and future) make up the "Body of Christ".

God's love overflows, as love cannot be contained, stored, or saved. So, since we all make up Christ ... well, we're part of God within the Trinity. Jesus is the center of time (in the spectrium of the alpha & omega). One philosopher described this as a screen skin that dances to music ... God's time is unlike anything we can imagine ... but we are told that Jesus is the path BACK to God and eternal life.

Answer 5

The whole religious question only relates to one of a multitude of religions that exist or have existed in the culture of humans.

Most non-Judeo-Christians can't concieve of such an idea as the "death of God". Many don't even concieve of the Judeo-Christian concept of "Hell" or "Heaven."

"...The One True Religion...next up on the news at 10!"

Answer 6

God exists outside the notion of time and the universe is contingent on God's expression for its existence. God is timeless, in that he sees the passage of temporal time as you or I see a range of mountains far in the distance. At this distance the range of mountains seems to be one continuous line, yet as we get closer we see then mountains separated by miles and miles. God sees everything in the "eternal now". Hence, time does not "pass" for God.

Thus, God does not think linearly, as we do. We think, time passes, we act, time passes, etc.

As soon as God "thinks" all future contingencies of that "thought" are known to him instantaneously.

When God spoke the universe into existence all that would occur or could occur was immediately known.

Answer 7

I never heard that "god" died. Here on Answers, people are mentioning that they talked to God, or God told them to do this or that. Apparently he's not dead if he's doing all this talking back and forth. Of course, I'm not a preacher, or an Ayatollah, or a Rabbi, so I can't say for sure.

Answer 8

Bible lesson #1: God created man, was disappointed in them, gave them enough rope to hang themselves and then gave His son for our sins.#2: God didn't die, Jesus did.

Answer 9

Love

Answer 10

God has no body, no beginning, and no end, God is infinite
God does not see our deaths as a big tragedy either, the death of our bodies is the first step back to Paradise

Answer 11

It is like you having a child and knowing you are going to help them along the way by giving up your time and energy...most people would still have children