>>16916452I think the idea is that the consequence of sin is death and total obliteration. Which makes sense, because big time sinners like jews should face destruction for their crimes against humanity. It is the consequence for sin. I think it's reasonable to say that everyone sins at some point, even someone like Hitler. That means everyone, including heroes and saints are destined to be obliterated.
God set up that system for the sake of justice and mortality. Now in order to save His own creation from the rules of justice and order He made, He sent Himself/His son down to Earth to be the literal scapegoat for all of humanity's sins. Everyone wins. The system of punishing sin still exists without being compromised, and humanity is also spared.
That's how I understand it anyway, Christians can tell me if I'm wrong. I want to believe in God and Jesus, but I have hard time getting over the jewish origins and doctrine. Also, despite my wishes, I can't help but fear that we live in a neutral/chaotic materialistic physical world. I'm scared that we are just evolved monkeys and will stop existing when our brain stops functioning when we die. I don't like this or want it to be the case, but I just don't see evidence of anything beyond our material reality. I like the general European mythos of Christianity and how people generally interpret God, but I do recognize it is technically in conflict with official Christian doctrine.
The best case scenario I see for God is more universalist. God manifests Himself in many religions throughout humanity and that He set up the laws of physics and created life/humanity through the process of evolution. He doesn't interact with this world directly, and we are living mortal lives for some sort of spiritual education. Though this is heresy according to Christianity so that's not an option. Between this conflict and lack of evidence, I just can't force myself to believe in it. I can't just ignore what I know to be true and real.
