Ever find that whenever things are going well, us humans take credit for it, but when something goes wrong, we quickly blame it on God? God does a lot more good than you are noticing. You need to change your context in order to see it however.
Riiiiiiiiiiiight... If I had the ability to teleport myself, my old job that fired me would be the last place I would want to teleport to. Unless of course it was to plant some illegal substances in their office with an anonymous tip to the police.:)
I am always so happy to see Christians on Slashdot. Makes me feel less alone.:) I added you 2 to my friends list as well. You may want to check out the user Slashdot Christians as well. It's a place for Christians to meet and discuss Christian stuff on Slashdot.
How much can you love someone that you've never even met?
I love God because of what he did for me. Watch "The Passion Of The Chirst" to see what he endured for us. Even if you don't believe, it's still a good movie to see the explanation of love.
Why should a kind and just god only save those who are Christian?
Jesus died to saved everybody. You only need to accept this gift to be saved. It's like recieving a free present. You can choose to take the present, or you can leave it. It's your choice.
Do you think that killing and/or torturing all the unfaithful is the right thing for a god to do?
What killing and/or torturing are you talking about?
I think you're missing the point, which is that just because someone wrote something doesn't make it true. Whether or not what we today call the bible is an accurate reflection of the original is only one of the problems. Just because you have an original copy of the Wizard of Oz doesn't mean that the story within is fact, even if archaeologists could use it to find Kansas.
Is there any history that you believe in? Do you believe that the Holocast happened? How do you know as you were not there? You know because of the testimonies given by the survivors. That is exactly what the bible is.... it is a historical recording of facts from history. My point is that just because something is written down, even thousands of years ago, doesn't necessarly make it untrue.
I've heard this claim made before, many times. Unfortunately the bible verses do not support this interpretation; it's just something that christians claim in the face of obvious error/dishonesty on the part of their god. Romans 6 is a letter from Paul; unlike Genesis, it does not purport to be the word of god directly.
I understand why you think that why.... but I disagree. For you, physical death is more important than spiritual death because you don't believe in spirtuality. However, if you do believe, spirtual death is far worse than physical death. Just because God didn't specifically say, "You will die spiritually" doesn't imply physical death.
Would I punish a woman for not loving me when I specifically created her in a way such that I knew (all-knowing, remember) would cause her to choose not to love me? Hell no! Free will doesn't excuse god from the essential mindless injustice of punishing people for doing something that he knew (all-knowing) they'd do and which he specifically designed them to do.
I find you statements interesting. If there is no God, who do you blame for all the "essential mindless injustice" in the world?
Having an interesting, rational discussion on a message board is not shoving one's beliefs down another's throat. I don't believe I've said anything to imply it was, but if I have let me make it clear that it isn't. This is one point in which I believe we are in agreement.
Agreed, and I didn't want to come across as stating that you are shoving your beliefs down my throat. I was only stating that if you thought that I was, then I could say the same for you. But we both don't think that way.
But as for the christian god, he would have to provide a miracle (something impressive, that couldn't be duplicated by David Copperfield) and he would have to answer some very strong questions about why the world is the way it is.
Thank you for those responses. However could you eloborate? What mircle "exactly" would you need to see? A person raised from the dead? You to be take to the surface of the Sun? Additionally what questions would you need answered?
This turns out not to be the case. There is quite a bit of doubt about the authenticity of the bible, especially since the gospel accounts were all written well after Jesus's time and contradict each other.
I appreciate the page you refered to.
Here is a page that gives evidence to the authenticity of the bible. Read it if you like.
The Gospels were written 30 years after the death of Jesus. At that time, 30 years was like a news flash! The 2 earliest biographies of Alexander the Great were written by Arrian and Plutarch more than 400 years after Alexander's death, yet historians consider them to be generally trustworthy.
Which contradictions in the Gospels do you talk of? Many of the contradictions in the Gospels have been addressed by Strobel.
The majority of people who interacted with Hercules (according to the Greek writings we have) described him as a great hero. Is he real? Superman always seems to get good press in his various books. Do you see the point? All you have to describe Jesus's supposed actions is the bible, the authenticity of which is in grave doubt (since it contains many errors, inconsistencies and tales of things that didn't happen).
Now you are trying to confuse 2 points. Your first statement said that just because Jesus died for us doesn't give any weight due to cult deaths. Jesus was considered a great man AND died for our sins.
Reread Genesis; it was the Tree of Knowledge of Right and Wrong that they ate from. God said they'd die, the snake said they wouldn't. Gee, they didn't die. But that's not the point; the point is that they didn't know right from wrong until they ate of the tree. And that's what pissed god off, that they learned right from wrong. Even though, being all-knowing, he knew in advance that this would happen.
God wasn't referring to physical death. God was referring to spiritual death. "For the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). Eating from the tree of knowledge disobeyed God's order which was a sin. Thus we must pay for our sin by being separated from God.
If he wished that none would perish, none would perish. All-powerful, remember? The christian god is the ultimate mafia boss. "Gee, that's a nice soul you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it."
God is all-powerful. But he gave us free will. He loves us very much and he wants us to choose him. But He doesn't want us to be forced to love Him. Would you want your wife to be forced to love you, or would you rather she "choose" to love you. God has paid for our sins.... we just have to choose to accept his forgiveness through Jesus
This is an interesting theory. I assume you have evidence that atheists consider themselves perfect? Because I certainly don't.
Not perfect.... just good enough. Not one person is without sin except for Jesus.
Yes, it's a truism that most atheists would have no problem with christians if they'd stop trying to shove their religion down our throats and stop trying to get laws changed to respect their particular religion. As for the personal relationship, until you prove that the christian god exists (or even provide some real evidence; conclusive proof might be too unreasonable a requirement) you might as well ask me to have a personal relationship with Santa Claus.
Agreed. Some Christians do shove thier religion down people throats and I believe that is wrong. Christianity is a personal choise and I hope you don't think that I am shoving my faith down your throat (otherwise I can say that you are shoving your non-faith down my throat) as I'm just responding to your comments. As for proof of God.... what would it take for your to believe? Does God have to come down and physically talk with you? Do you need to see a miricle? Would you need to touch the holes in Jesus's hand? All the above? Just curious....
The cost of believing in a god when there is none (a false god) is too high. I have to spend a lot of time (several hours a week is standard, isn't it?)
There is no standard amount of time you have to spend to get into heaven, or any act. Nothing you do or say can get you into heaven. Only accepting Jesus as your saviour pays for our sins.
I always seek to base my actions on practical logic.
Note that I also believe in the right to decide your own values; this post is about what I believe, not a demand for everyone to do the same.
I respect your statement and I don't want to come across as to force Christianity on to you. My beliefs are also a personal decision that I've made based on practical logic (albeit different from yours). Like the other poster, I would recommend the book "The Case For Christ" to you.
You're obfuscating the truth. Most religions claim to have a god. Do you think muslims think allah is merely "god-like"? Be serious. Christianity is not the only religion to promote the idea of a god.
I didn't make that statement. Reread my original post.
Or he was misquoted. Or he didn't exist. There's an entire universe of possibilities that you are trying to trick people into ignoring.
If you believe that he didn't exist, then how can you ignore all of the evidence that supports his existance? The existance of Jesus was recorded by several different people in different places and at different times. The existance of Jesus is accepted by most scholars, including atheists.
By that same argument you believe that the members of the Heaven's Gate Cult weren't lying or crazy because they died for their faith. Wow, I'm convinced.
The problem there lies that the majority of people he interacted with (back then and even now) claimed that he was a healer, a great teacher, and a prophet. I doubt you would get the same response for the cults you refer to.
This assumes that the stories laid out in the bible are true, something for which there is no evidence and which the majority of the people in the world do not believe.
This is very much untrue. The authenticity of the Bible has been proven by many scholars. I would suggest you read the book "The Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel. It contains several scientific references to why the bible is authentic.
initially because (by his own design) they don't know right from wrong.
They did know right from wrong, and we still do... by our conscious. But we "choose" to do wrong by our free will.
So he decides that they all have to go to hell
God wishes that none shall perish (John 3: 16). All we have to do is to accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour which saves us from our debt of sins and therefore we do not go to hell.
So, god sacrifices himself to himself to change a rule that he made himself.
Jesus had to die not to change the rule, but to keep the rule. The consequence of sin is death (spirtual death) and therefore there has to be payment for our sins. And with Jesus's death, He pays the debt for us so we do not have to die.
Is it any wonder that most people don't believe in this stuff? Of course it isn't.
You are right. But not for the reasons you state. It's because people don't want to believe that we are sinful and not perfect.
While I understand why you feel offended by religion in general, especially if you look at it from a legalistic standpoint, remember that dispite what some people may say (even Christians), Christianity is about a personal relationship with God. I would seriously implore you to take a step back from your prejudices about Christian and do a little more research. Other references I would recommend are "The Signature of God" by Grant Jeffry and "The Case For Faith" also by Lee Strobel. And finally if you have any other thoughts, please feel free to let me know (which I'm sure you will:-) I enjoy discussing my research with other people.
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It does seem to be a form of Pascal's Wager. I say it's safe to believe in God because if I'm right, good, and if not, well nothing lost. But then you say, "but by worshiping this one God you may offend another."
But there lies the problem. Not all religions are the same. Out of all the religions (that I've researched), Jesus was the only person to claim to be God. All of the other religions are people writing about other people who appeared to be God-like (but never claimed to be God).
As a result of this, you basically have 2 choices. Either Jesus was wrong (because he was lying, crazy, etc) or he was right. Now I don't believe he was lying or crazy because he knew that if he claimed to be God he would surely be killed. Additionally all of his diciples afterwards proclaimed to the world that he was God (dispite severe persecution). While this is not all the evidence for Jesus, it sets a strong case that he indeed was God and died out of love for all people.
I tend to enjoy swimming more than running because if much lower impact on your joints so you don't end up with knee problems if you don't buy new shoes every 9 months. Plus swimming is a great aerobic workout that builds muscle as well.
Of course this means you have to actually get into a swimsuit and go out in public which probably scares the crap out of most slashdotters. But if you can get yourself out there you can bet on seeing some sweet swim chicks in lyrca!;)
Sorry, I don't quite understand what you are getting at. You are right.... good deads will not gain you eternal life, no matter how good you lead your life. All people have sinned (if you find someone who hasn't.... please let me know) and thus there is no way for ourself to pay for that debt.
Would you mind telling me what define as a "Christian"?
People wanting to commit suicide, look for a quick, painless death (gun to the head, in a garage with a running car, etc). If Jesus was suicidal, there is no way he would have choosen crucifixtion as his death of choice as it is accept by many scholars as being the most painful and slowest way to die. Thus I don't believe your theory for a second that Jesus was suicidal.
Were people unable to repent and get back on speaking terms with God before the crucifixion?
Before Jesus's crucifixtion, forgivness of sins in the old covenent required a sacrifice of blood (usually an animal). However this had to be done throughout the lifetime of an individual as people would generally keep sinning throughout their life.
But in the old testament, God promises a sacrified of pure blood that will provide forgivness of "all" sins, and thus people will enter into the new covenent with God. Now forgivness of sins is automatic by accepting Jesus as your Lord and savior.
What if some people out there didn't want him taking their sins, and they wanted to accept Personal Responsibility(tm) for their misdeeds and death of divine relationship, instead of just pawning them off on some guy they didn't know?
You have the option of doing that. You can accept the resposibility for yourself. However, the wages of sin is death (spirtually... Romans 6:23) and there is no way to pay the price for it no matter how good or religious you are. Thus the old way to pay the price is to let Jesus pay it for you.
All of your quotes come from the Old Testement of the Bible and cannot be taken literally. When a crowd brought forth a woman caught in adultery to Jesus, they asked Him if what they should do with her as the law of Moses said that she must be stoned to death. However Jesus replied, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her" (John 8:7).
The quotes you give seem strange if you stop right there and don't go on to read the rest of the Bible. But if you do you find that Jesus came to pay for ALL sins of ALL people. Additionally while you take many of these quotes out of context, most of these refer to the old covenet with God.... that is before Jesus was crucified. In the old covenent, sins required punishment. But now that Jesus took the punishment for us through his death, these punishments are no longer necessary. Now that doesn't mean it is ok to sin as we are told to repent from our sins, as sinning leads us from God and eventually to spirtual death.
How can He? He was raised from the dead. The proof of the resurrection is well documented and I imploy you to read "The Case For Christ" if you don't believe it.
Bow and kiss some ass before you burn in hell.
I do hold God in the highest regard. But not out of fear. I do it because of the awesome price He paid for us because he loves us so much.
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Mom? Is that you???
It's like Angelia Jolie's morning breath.... one little thing doesn't mean a thing in the big picture.
Actually I though it would be appropriate if the logo for it was a crack pipe....
So if I tell some blond jokes, does this mean some blonds will come and handcuff me?
Ever find that whenever things are going well, us humans take credit for it, but when something goes wrong, we quickly blame it on God? God does a lot more good than you are noticing. You need to change your context in order to see it however.
Riiiiiiiiiiiight... If I had the ability to teleport myself, my old job that fired me would be the last place I would want to teleport to. Unless of course it was to plant some illegal substances in their office with an anonymous tip to the police. :)
That's all the money he has left over to buy hardware after he's bought all the licences for Microsoft software. ;)
OK, I am probably the nth person writing to say this, so mod me redundant...
Actually you were the nth - 1 person, so you get +5 Insightful instead... ;)
For the CDs or for the RIAA? Oh... both! My bad.... sorry. :D
But then you'll have to change Firefox to Firecrotch and nobody wants to have that! ;)
At least you will be able to get it for next to free on the auction block after Sun goes bankrupt. :)
I am always so happy to see Christians on Slashdot. Makes me feel less alone. :) I added you 2 to my friends list as well. You may want to check out the user Slashdot Christians as well. It's a place for Christians to meet and discuss Christian stuff on Slashdot.
Good to see you brothers!
How much can you love someone that you've never even met?
I love God because of what he did for me. Watch "The Passion Of The Chirst" to see what he endured for us. Even if you don't believe, it's still a good movie to see the explanation of love.
Why should a kind and just god only save those who are Christian?
Jesus died to saved everybody. You only need to accept this gift to be saved. It's like recieving a free present. You can choose to take the present, or you can leave it. It's your choice.
Do you think that killing and/or torturing all the unfaithful is the right thing for a god to do?
What killing and/or torturing are you talking about?
I think you're missing the point, which is that just because someone wrote something doesn't make it true. Whether or not what we today call the bible is an accurate reflection of the original is only one of the problems. Just because you have an original copy of the Wizard of Oz doesn't mean that the story within is fact, even if archaeologists could use it to find Kansas.
Is there any history that you believe in? Do you believe that the Holocast happened? How do you know as you were not there? You know because of the testimonies given by the survivors. That is exactly what the bible is.... it is a historical recording of facts from history. My point is that just because something is written down, even thousands of years ago, doesn't necessarly make it untrue.
I've heard this claim made before, many times. Unfortunately the bible verses do not support this interpretation; it's just something that christians claim in the face of obvious error/dishonesty on the part of their god. Romans 6 is a letter from Paul; unlike Genesis, it does not purport to be the word of god directly.
I understand why you think that why.... but I disagree. For you, physical death is more important than spiritual death because you don't believe in spirtuality. However, if you do believe, spirtual death is far worse than physical death. Just because God didn't specifically say, "You will die spiritually" doesn't imply physical death.
Would I punish a woman for not loving me when I specifically created her in a way such that I knew (all-knowing, remember) would cause her to choose not to love me? Hell no! Free will doesn't excuse god from the essential mindless injustice of punishing people for doing something that he knew (all-knowing) they'd do and which he specifically designed them to do.
I find you statements interesting. If there is no God, who do you blame for all the "essential mindless injustice" in the world?
Having an interesting, rational discussion on a message board is not shoving one's beliefs down another's throat. I don't believe I've said anything to imply it was, but if I have let me make it clear that it isn't. This is one point in which I believe we are in agreement.
Agreed, and I didn't want to come across as stating that you are shoving your beliefs down my throat. I was only stating that if you thought that I was, then I could say the same for you. But we both don't think that way.
But as for the christian god, he would have to provide a miracle (something impressive, that couldn't be duplicated by David Copperfield) and he would have to answer some very strong questions about why the world is the way it is.
Thank you for those responses. However could you eloborate? What mircle "exactly" would you need to see? A person raised from the dead? You to be take to the surface of the Sun? Additionally what questions would you need answered?
This turns out not to be the case. There is quite a bit of doubt about the authenticity of the bible, especially since the gospel accounts were all written well after Jesus's time and contradict each other.
I appreciate the page you refered to. Here is a page that gives evidence to the authenticity of the bible. Read it if you like.
The Gospels were written 30 years after the death of Jesus. At that time, 30 years was like a news flash! The 2 earliest biographies of Alexander the Great were written by Arrian and Plutarch more than 400 years after Alexander's death, yet historians consider them to be generally trustworthy.
Which contradictions in the Gospels do you talk of? Many of the contradictions in the Gospels have been addressed by Strobel.
The majority of people who interacted with Hercules (according to the Greek writings we have) described him as a great hero. Is he real? Superman always seems to get good press in his various books. Do you see the point? All you have to describe Jesus's supposed actions is the bible, the authenticity of which is in grave doubt (since it contains many errors, inconsistencies and tales of things that didn't happen).
Now you are trying to confuse 2 points. Your first statement said that just because Jesus died for us doesn't give any weight due to cult deaths. Jesus was considered a great man AND died for our sins.
Reread Genesis; it was the Tree of Knowledge of Right and Wrong that they ate from. God said they'd die, the snake said they wouldn't. Gee, they didn't die. But that's not the point; the point is that they didn't know right from wrong until they ate of the tree. And that's what pissed god off, that they learned right from wrong. Even though, being all-knowing, he knew in advance that this would happen.
God wasn't referring to physical death. God was referring to spiritual death. "For the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). Eating from the tree of knowledge disobeyed God's order which was a sin. Thus we must pay for our sin by being separated from God.
If he wished that none would perish, none would perish. All-powerful, remember? The christian god is the ultimate mafia boss. "Gee, that's a nice soul you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it."
God is all-powerful. But he gave us free will. He loves us very much and he wants us to choose him. But He doesn't want us to be forced to love Him. Would you want your wife to be forced to love you, or would you rather she "choose" to love you. God has paid for our sins.... we just have to choose to accept his forgiveness through Jesus
This is an interesting theory. I assume you have evidence that atheists consider themselves perfect? Because I certainly don't.
Not perfect.... just good enough. Not one person is without sin except for Jesus.
Yes, it's a truism that most atheists would have no problem with christians if they'd stop trying to shove their religion down our throats and stop trying to get laws changed to respect their particular religion. As for the personal relationship, until you prove that the christian god exists (or even provide some real evidence; conclusive proof might be too unreasonable a requirement) you might as well ask me to have a personal relationship with Santa Claus.
Agreed. Some Christians do shove thier religion down people throats and I believe that is wrong. Christianity is a personal choise and I hope you don't think that I am shoving my faith down your throat (otherwise I can say that you are shoving your non-faith down my throat) as I'm just responding to your comments. As for proof of God.... what would it take for your to believe? Does God have to come down and physically talk with you? Do you need to see a miricle? Would you need to touch the holes in Jesus's hand? All the above? Just curious....
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The cost of believing in a god when there is none (a false god) is too high. I have to spend a lot of time (several hours a week is standard, isn't it?)
There is no standard amount of time you have to spend to get into heaven, or any act. Nothing you do or say can get you into heaven. Only accepting Jesus as your saviour pays for our sins.
I always seek to base my actions on practical logic. Note that I also believe in the right to decide your own values; this post is about what I believe, not a demand for everyone to do the same.
I respect your statement and I don't want to come across as to force Christianity on to you. My beliefs are also a personal decision that I've made based on practical logic (albeit different from yours). Like the other poster, I would recommend the book "The Case For Christ" to you.
You're obfuscating the truth. Most religions claim to have a god. Do you think muslims think allah is merely "god-like"? Be serious. Christianity is not the only religion to promote the idea of a god.
I didn't make that statement. Reread my original post.
Or he was misquoted. Or he didn't exist. There's an entire universe of possibilities that you are trying to trick people into ignoring.
If you believe that he didn't exist, then how can you ignore all of the evidence that supports his existance? The existance of Jesus was recorded by several different people in different places and at different times. The existance of Jesus is accepted by most scholars, including atheists.
By that same argument you believe that the members of the Heaven's Gate Cult weren't lying or crazy because they died for their faith. Wow, I'm convinced.
The problem there lies that the majority of people he interacted with (back then and even now) claimed that he was a healer, a great teacher, and a prophet. I doubt you would get the same response for the cults you refer to.
This assumes that the stories laid out in the bible are true, something for which there is no evidence and which the majority of the people in the world do not believe.
This is very much untrue. The authenticity of the Bible has been proven by many scholars. I would suggest you read the book "The Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel. It contains several scientific references to why the bible is authentic.
initially because (by his own design) they don't know right from wrong.
They did know right from wrong, and we still do... by our conscious. But we "choose" to do wrong by our free will.
So he decides that they all have to go to hell
God wishes that none shall perish (John 3: 16). All we have to do is to accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour which saves us from our debt of sins and therefore we do not go to hell.
So, god sacrifices himself to himself to change a rule that he made himself.
Jesus had to die not to change the rule, but to keep the rule. The consequence of sin is death (spirtual death) and therefore there has to be payment for our sins. And with Jesus's death, He pays the debt for us so we do not have to die.
Is it any wonder that most people don't believe in this stuff? Of course it isn't.
You are right. But not for the reasons you state. It's because people don't want to believe that we are sinful and not perfect.
While I understand why you feel offended by religion in general, especially if you look at it from a legalistic standpoint, remember that dispite what some people may say (even Christians), Christianity is about a personal relationship with God. I would seriously implore you to take a step back from your prejudices about Christian and do a little more research. Other references I would recommend are "The Signature of God" by Grant Jeffry and "The Case For Faith" also by Lee Strobel. And finally if you have any other thoughts, please feel free to let me know (which I'm sure you will :-) I enjoy discussing my research with other people.
It does seem to be a form of Pascal's Wager. I say it's safe to believe in God because if I'm right, good, and if not, well nothing lost. But then you say, "but by worshiping this one God you may offend another."
But there lies the problem. Not all religions are the same. Out of all the religions (that I've researched), Jesus was the only person to claim to be God. All of the other religions are people writing about other people who appeared to be God-like (but never claimed to be God).
As a result of this, you basically have 2 choices. Either Jesus was wrong (because he was lying, crazy, etc) or he was right. Now I don't believe he was lying or crazy because he knew that if he claimed to be God he would surely be killed. Additionally all of his diciples afterwards proclaimed to the world that he was God (dispite severe persecution). While this is not all the evidence for Jesus, it sets a strong case that he indeed was God and died out of love for all people.
I tend to enjoy swimming more than running because if much lower impact on your joints so you don't end up with knee problems if you don't buy new shoes every 9 months. Plus swimming is a great aerobic workout that builds muscle as well.
Of course this means you have to actually get into a swimsuit and go out in public which probably scares the crap out of most slashdotters. But if you can get yourself out there you can bet on seeing some sweet swim chicks in lyrca! ;)
Sorry, I don't quite understand what you are getting at. You are right.... good deads will not gain you eternal life, no matter how good you lead your life. All people have sinned (if you find someone who hasn't.... please let me know) and thus there is no way for ourself to pay for that debt.
Would you mind telling me what define as a "Christian"?
People wanting to commit suicide, look for a quick, painless death (gun to the head, in a garage with a running car, etc). If Jesus was suicidal, there is no way he would have choosen crucifixtion as his death of choice as it is accept by many scholars as being the most painful and slowest way to die. Thus I don't believe your theory for a second that Jesus was suicidal.
Before Jesus's crucifixtion, forgivness of sins in the old covenent required a sacrifice of blood (usually an animal). However this had to be done throughout the lifetime of an individual as people would generally keep sinning throughout their life.
But in the old testament, God promises a sacrified of pure blood that will provide forgivness of "all" sins, and thus people will enter into the new covenent with God. Now forgivness of sins is automatic by accepting Jesus as your Lord and savior.
You have the option of doing that. You can accept the resposibility for yourself. However, the wages of sin is death (spirtually... Romans 6:23) and there is no way to pay the price for it no matter how good or religious you are. Thus the old way to pay the price is to let Jesus pay it for you.
All of your quotes come from the Old Testement of the Bible and cannot be taken literally. When a crowd brought forth a woman caught in adultery to Jesus, they asked Him if what they should do with her as the law of Moses said that she must be stoned to death. However Jesus replied, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her" (John 8:7).
The quotes you give seem strange if you stop right there and don't go on to read the rest of the Bible. But if you do you find that Jesus came to pay for ALL sins of ALL people. Additionally while you take many of these quotes out of context, most of these refer to the old covenet with God.... that is before Jesus was crucified. In the old covenent, sins required punishment. But now that Jesus took the punishment for us through his death, these punishments are no longer necessary. Now that doesn't mean it is ok to sin as we are told to repent from our sins, as sinning leads us from God and eventually to spirtual death.
How can He? He was raised from the dead. The proof of the resurrection is well documented and I imploy you to read "The Case For Christ" if you don't believe it.
I do hold God in the highest regard. But not out of fear. I do it because of the awesome price He paid for us because he loves us so much.
Jesus did not take his own life. He GAVE his life up while we (all of us) crucified Him. There is a difference.