Sin & Forgiveness

[Drich]

Hi All, I just want to shoot this question. In Christianity or any God fearing religion your forgiven for your sins. How can that be justified with ones conscious. Let alone a Devine entity. Say for instance someone commits a murder for any reason. How can anything forgive you for that under any circumstances. People will always take the easy way out or do the wrong thing just because there is the comfort of forgiveness. I am a practicing Buddhist and I believe in Karma. There should not be any escape from that. Most of my friends who believe in God has told me they have been forgiven for the sins that they have done. I find that ridiculous and how gullible people can be. Some sins go to the very extreme. Not things like lying, stealing etc.

What are your thoughts.

The short simple answer is Jesus' physical Death on the cross only represents the Spiritual costs God paid for each and every sin. His death was to give us some idea of the torment/hurt we cause God in our sin. So that one, if we love we will seek to not to cause God the pain of willful sin/evil. Two to respect and acknowledge what was done in the way God wants us to out of love and respect for what was done