So... I was thinking about this. Can someone explain to me the basic premise of Christianity?
I mean, I know that we have original sin from the days of Adam & Eve. And a vicious, judgmental Old Testament God that punished people when they did wicked things.
That makes sense, at least as far as religion makes sense. And then you add in things like sacrifices, i.e. material things you give up in order to show God you're sorry for the bad things you did and to atone.
But then, we get Jesus.
So the premise is that God is judgmental and will punish humans for sinfulness. Got it. So in order for God to forgive humans for our sinfulness, God has to take human form, God has to get nailed to a cross by Romans, and God has to die, in order for God to forgive us for the sins that God defined as sins?
Huh? God can't forgive us unless God's human form is killed by Romans? Doesn't make sense.
Pretty sure that's not something even Neil Gaiman would accept as a plot line...