I honestly don't get the statement, "Jesus died for your sins." Ok, I read the Bible, and to me it sounds less like Jesus came up with the plan to die so that my sins could be forgiven than that the people of Rome and Judea killed God, well because they were bad, but really it looks more like Jesus dies BECAUSE of human sins than "for" anyone. I think the attitude of religion towards people in general supports this view. Churches act like we're just bad people, and in need of forgiveness.
When it comes to the Bible, I see more a thread of human badness causing suffering including the death of God, and a lot of damnation to us for it. I don't see a gracious plan to save us from Satan at all. In fact, it seems like God is in a hurry to let us suffer in this life and throw us to Satan and Hellfire in the next life because our free will was powerful enough to counteract any "plan" He might have had.
When it comes to the Bible, I see more a thread of human badness causing suffering including the death of God, and a lot of damnation to us for it. I don't see a gracious plan to save us from Satan at all. In fact, it seems like God is in a hurry to let us suffer in this life and throw us to Satan and Hellfire in the next life because our free will was powerful enough to counteract any "plan" He might have had.
