The crucifixion of jesus and why it doesn't matter

[Nope]

It might have been simpler, but may not have achieved the ends God intended. Suffering himself, as man, knowing mans suffering, knowing mans tribulations, makes him a person who we can accept to judge us. Being forgiven teaches us to forgive. To be sinless and yet die a sinners death for those you love, teaches us of Gods nature, and inspires us.

I don't see how the most advanced and brilliant intellect in the universe would need to experience being human to understand humanity, especially considering that every facet of the human mind and psyche were created by that very being. Nor would he have to come to some sort of understanding in order to set rules and a system of penalty and reward.

Unless there was the risk that he would commit a sin and thus be truly human, his life as a man was a mockery of humanity. To believe the Bible, in all of human history the only human to remain free of sin was god, when he was masquerading as a human. If he did it to understand the human experience, then he apparently did it wrong. What he did experience was barbarity, scheming, and brutal violence, yet the experience did not affect him in the way that one might have assumed. One would have hoped that, having gone through such grueling physical torment, god would have made sure no one ever had to go through that again.

Instead... he invents hell.

I never understood why an all knowing being had to become human in order to experience what it is like to be human. If god has something to learn, he isn't omniscient.


Of course, the only people who expect the Christian god to act like he actually is omnipotent or omniscient are atheists. Christians tend to act like they believe their god's power is limited.