[smvoice]

I must disagree with you on your point that God could have just snapped His fingers and saved everyone. That is simply not true. For by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world. That by the death of another man (Christ) we all may live.

Christ HAD to become a man. The penalty for sin is death. And in order to pay for our sins, He HAD to become a man and die our death for us. No snapping of fingers could have satisfied the perfect justice that God demands. The only thing that could satisfy a perfect God is that a man/His Son take the sins of the whole world as our payment for our sins. And our justified death because of our sins. There could have been no other way.

[CynicalBear]

Some people think that because God is all powerful He can do anything. Like you said smvoice. He cannot go against His own word.