I appreciate your lack of malice and believe you. However, Jesus himself said that forgiveness can only come if you put your faith in Him. Why? Because God is Holy and just, and all humans have blown it. God does not grade on a curve. Why not? Because He is the perfect judge. Analogy: Say you were a court judge and your son robbed a bank - a felony- and came before you in your courtroom; say he is remorseful and sorry and you know he won't do it again. Do you have to punish him under the law? If you are any kind of judge you would! So, imagine a perfectly just God - do you really think a perfect judge will let you off? No - God cannot go against His own nature. However, God is also merciful and does not want to punish you - that is why he sent His Son to live a perfect life for you and die in YOUR PLACE, satisfying God's justice and imputing Christ's righteousness to all who believe. Those who transfer their trust to Christ (from trusting in their own works to get to heaven) will be viewed by God through Christ and they will be declared not guilty. There was no other way for God to save man other than to send His only son. Save man from what - from God Himself.