The death on the cross for Jesus was necessary. It shows us how greatly God loves us...
Say what? Necessary?!?
God made the rules... he didn't have to make it necessary if he didn't want to... why murder your own son?
God could have waved his magic wand and forgiven sin without any need for bloodshed... necessary? ha!
God sacrifices himself, to himself, to serve as a loophole for a rule he created himself... seems legit...
Exactly. It is said that God knew everything from the beginning. Then why does he allow all this pain and suffering in the world? To prove a point?
You could ask the same question about 'the flood'...
If God knew he was going to kill 99.999% of the population... why create them in the first place? Why not just start with Noah instead of Adam? Why kill 99.999% of the population for being evil?...
God created them, knowing they were going to turn out evil... wtf? Now he sent 99.999% of the planet to hell for no reason... why create any soul that is destined to hell?
That sounds mean to me, creating a soul that you plan to torture for eternity... why would a "God" do that?
This is the main problem with religion... none of the events make a bit of sense when you apply critical thinking skills...