WHY was Jesus cricified?

[orangebox21]

Where to begin?

I'd start by answering any one of my questions.
(Although to be fair you hinted at the last one in the final portion of your response).

First of all I'm not sure why all crimes and misdemeanors would be a debt to god. There is an analogy in that in most countries all crimes are considered to be crimes against the state in that the state has an interest in maintaining the peace. But god appears to have taken an entirely hands off approach to peace keeping.

It's God's laws that are being broken and so the legal debt would be to Him. Much in the same way transgressions against the 'laws of the state' become a debt to 'the state'.

Assuming however that god is akin to the state for these purposes, the punishment of eternal suffering doesn't fit any crime any human could possibly commit. Eternal is a long, long time.

"This ignores the important principle that crime depends on the object against whom it is committed (in this case an infinite God) as well as on the subject who commits it (finite man). All sin is ultimately against an infinite God and therefore deserves infinite punishment." (Paraphrased from Charles C. Ryrie)

But that's mere quibble compared the idea that god would have to pay a debt owed to himself in order to excuse his debtors. That's simply nuts.-----You owe me twenty, but I'd like to forgive you so the only thing to do is burn one of my twenties, otherwise I can't let you off the hook. WTF?

The trinity is a difficult concept to grasp. Have you ever read "Flatland"? There may be some analogous insight there.