Jesus was crucified because "god so loved the world", according to John 3:16.
When I was questioning the bible and my faith, I remember wondering why a god with the power and intelligence to create earth and everything on it, would choose something as archaic as crucifixion for the atonement of our sins/souls?!
And exactly where was this big "love" concept in the OT? Hell, he was so touchy then, that you could piss him off for wearing certain mixed cloths, or eating shellfish.
Malachi 3: 6 says "For I am the Lord, I change not;"
OT god = Create, drown, kill, punish, more killing, hate and slaughter your enemies (and their animals).
NT god = Love, forgive, turn the other cheek, love your enemies.
@ OP You cannot make sense of the senseless.
When I was questioning the bible and my faith, I remember wondering why a god with the power and intelligence to create earth and everything on it, would choose something as archaic as crucifixion for the atonement of our sins/souls?!
And exactly where was this big "love" concept in the OT? Hell, he was so touchy then, that you could piss him off for wearing certain mixed cloths, or eating shellfish.
Malachi 3: 6 says "For I am the Lord, I change not;"

OT god = Create, drown, kill, punish, more killing, hate and slaughter your enemies (and their animals).
NT god = Love, forgive, turn the other cheek, love your enemies.
@ OP You cannot make sense of the senseless.
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