In the Christian faith, all men and women are born with the taint of sin upon them. Christ suffered so that mankind could attain salvation through Him and Him alone.
That isnt justice and this kind of a scenario goes completely against an All Perfect God. Christians beleive that God (the 'father') is All perfect, is that not so? Then being Perfect requires God to be the Most Just. What I see of Christianity puts God in a light that shows he
isnt the Most Just.
The scenario (The Christian Belief):
God creates Adam. Adam commits the 'original sin', his children inherit them and all are therefore born sinful. Then the Son comes and dies on the cross and saves all of mankind with the requirement being that they have to have faith, i.e. be Christian. And whosoever is not a Christian, then he goes to Hell.
My question is, where is the Justice of God? He lets all of Adam's Children take on Adam's "original sin" and then He sends his 'Son' and lets him die so that Mankind be saved with a simple requirement of them having "faith" in Jesus.
The Flaws:
1) There is no Justice.
The point is that Jesus suffered on the cross for all the sins of the world.
God being All Justice should not have let
a) Adams sins go to his children. Adam commited the sin, he pays for it.
b) Jesus, His 'son' comes and dies for all of Mankind so they can be forgiven and attain "salvation"
One person commits the sin. Others bear it. Then someone else comes and takes the punishment for it. That is not justice. If a man commits a murder, his wife and children will not be held accountable. And then a person off the street will not be charged nor will he be punished for that murder which the other man did.
This is a blatant injustice on God's part in Christianity. And God being All perfect is the Most Just and cannot allow such a thing to happen.
2) Faith/Actions/Salvation. If I understood correctly, a person
needs faith to attain salvation.
In a way it does mean that all sinners have been forgiven, but it does not mean there won't be consequences for sin.
a) That quote is self contradictory. A person is held accountable to answer for what he has done. A sinner is accountable for his sins, is he not?
But then, a person who is commiting all kinds of sins is
already forgiven. Therefore he has nothing to be accountable for. Of what things will he face the consequences of? His forgiven sins?
b) How can there be consequences for sin when the 'son' has already:
suffered on the cross for all the sins of the world
Again it is a case of God being unjust to everyone, especially His 'son'. How can this be? How can there be such blatant contradictions in a religion from God?
I understand why many non-Christians have a problem understanding the complexity of Christian belief.
It is indeed complex. But when one understands it, he stumbles upon so many contradictions.
In the early days of Christianity, many people converted to Islam because it was much simpler to understand than Christianity.
Also the fact that there are no contradictions in Islam plays a major role.
The Trinity itself is difficult to understand to many non-Christians.
No offense, but a person that believes 3=1... 3 simply can never equal 1.
It takes quite a bit of time before one truly begins to understand the complexity involved with Christ's teachings.
The reason there are more and more reverts to Islam per day is that the message is simple, plain and uncontradictory. Therefore, it can be understood by anyone within half an hour. Whereas, as you said:
It takes quite a bit of time before one truly begins to understand the complexity involved with Christ's teachings.
I find it hard to beleive that, going back in history, that God would send Jesus who would sit down and explain all of this to people for days this complex a religion. I would think that God being All-Wise would send a simple message so more people can be saved and His 'son's' sacrifice be of use. But then all of Mankinds sins
have been forgiven..so..
3:71. O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): "Why do you mix truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know?"