Core Message Of Christianity Isn't One Of Love

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Yeah...

I'm able to forgive people and be merciful without incarnating a version of myself and then watching myself get tortured and killed.

Where did this rule come from that he could only have mercy after bizarre self mutilation? Is he bound by some outside rule, or did he constrict himself with this rule? What's it gonna be today?

No one harmed God, they harmed each other if anything. How can anyone harm God? Why should I care about his opinion of my actions?

Remember he is "saving us" from himself. He's the one who is going to torture us forever by default. He plays both sides, and clearly has a hero complex.

Research question for Christians: did the "holy lance" that pierced Jesus on the cross appear in the original account from Mark, or was it a detail added to later account(s)?