Is it egotistical to think that a God would die for you?

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What you are suggesting is that the Bible somehow multiplies the value of humanity.

I actually have no problem with the value of human life being great. I value it that way.

However, I'm not an advocate of stories being invented which suggest that the entire point of the universe is the struggle of human beings.

That's ridiciulous in my view.

In the same Bible, humans are at many times helpless at the will of God.
What the Bible does is put humans in place, taking our strengths and our weaknesses, and makes us who we are: masters, indeed, but masters of the created world, and components of the created world who are as much subject to the laws of nature as animals are.
It takes something outside of the created world to show us that we are not the end-all. There is something above us.
Without religion, actually, humans are the greatest things that exist and have nothing to heed to.

I agree that the Bible mixes both extreme human importance with a blatant disregard for human life at the same time.

But, the grand theme is that human beings are the centerpiece of the universe, and that is ridiculous.