The necessity of suffering (to any Christian)

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Michael Vaugin wrote (in part):


> I understand the Christian position on why Jesus' death was necessary.


Well, I never could understand that Christian position.  What is this
business about "sin" being passed on to all of humankind, anyway?
Impossible!  It's a hocus pocus, flim flam explanation of ignorant
ancients speculating on why shit happens!  Even if it were possible
to impute a couple of human's "sins" on to the rest of the humanity,
it still wouldn't make sense. Where's the justice in punishing the whole
human race?  And then having ones son killed for atonement
demonstrates Ohhhh, such love!  For those of us that are rational,
anything that doesn't make sense is (probably) nonsense.  I've said it
before but I'll say it again, the Christian god-man had it pretty good as
far crucifixions go - a few lousy hours on a cross and it was over. Others 
have had to live through days of torture; myriads of humanity have
suffered, many times more.  And, things haven't changed - except in 
the "la la land" of Christian minds - since his "saving" humankind.  A 
real sacrifice btw, would have been for him to be exiled to earth.
But no, instead he gets ever lasting happiness with his daddy or he 
IS his daddy or however that goes. Anyway, if that were the case, _I_ 
would be impressed and, of course, a believer.

GCC

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