[JohnnyM]

You forget that God sent His Son to die for OUR sins. The wages of sin is death, but He sent His Son to pay that price for us.

We willingly sin and want nothing to do with God, and while we were yet sinners full of hatred for Him, he sent His Son to die for us. Would you send your son to die for someone who hated and despised you?

JM

[snarks_when_bored]

It's true that the God of the New Testament seems more reasonable than the God of the Old Testament. Reconciling these two is a task I'll leave for believers.

BTW, I don't hate the Christian God, but I'm not a big fan of Allah (on the principle that you can tell a lot about a deity by observing the behavior of those who believe in it).