Can there be peace when you adhere to a religion that says God required murder of his son to stop hating you?

Question

Anybody else recognize the inherent problem here? THAT is not a god of goodness or benevolence. It is a god of revenge.
And does anything else other than something of pure goodness and benevolence warrant worship?

Answer 1

Let's remember this is the all loving, all knowing perfect god that created imperfect beings then blamed them for his mistakes. And if that wasn't enough the all-loving god claims that everyone has"free will" but threatens those who'd dare disobey him with eternal torture. What kind of person would worship such bi-polar nut job anyway?

Answer 2

Yes.
God gave his son for us to show how much he loved us. Jesus could have refused at any time but He too made the sacrifice for us. Jesus' sacrifice was out of pure agape love.

With God we all have value...

The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember...
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer...AND
Lazarus was dead!
No more excuses now!!
God can use you to your full potential.
Besides you aren't the message, you are just the messenger.

God bless

Answer 3

Where do you get the idea that the idea of Jesus' willing sacrifice of Himself on the cross had anything to do with hatred? It was all about love.

Please don't forget that Jesus all along had the choice of not dying on the cross. He was and is, fully God and fully man. He knelt in the garden of Gethsimane and said before God, "Father, let this cup pass from lips, but if not, Your will be done." At that moment Jesus gave Himself fully to the will of God to be the Savior of man. It is by that wonderful mercy that Jesus took the sin of all mankind onto that cross and it was with the spilling of His blood on Calgary that a new covenant was formed with God, by which we have only to accept Jesus into our hearts as our Savior and we are given eternal life.

I leave with two thoughts:

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

"But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1Corinthians 13:13

Answer 4

First off you obviously have no idea WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

Second, no where does it say god is a god of good. God holds people accountable. He is vengeful when pushed. Jesus Christ died because of the sins of man.

The Bible is not a bedtime story. It is not all forgiveness and mercy.

Answer 5

Nice warped view, but it doesn't cut it. God didn't manipulate people into murdering Jesus, they did with their own free will. Way to generalize religion.

Answer 6

I think you have a very poor understanding of Christianity. God loves everyone, sinner or redeemed.

Answer 7

You are an idiot, if that is your understanding of Christianity. I suggest you actually LOOK at the story of it first instead of saying what others have said.

Answer 8

Read the Bible. Start with the children's version first to help you get started.

Answer 9

Well, that is an interesting interpretation. Is that from the book of "Lars?"

Answer 10

Have you ever had an intelligent thought