I don't get this.
Not sure if God "gives a damn about us or not"?
After sending His Son to die of the cross to take all of our punishment, just to redeem us and win us BACK to Himself?
Could there be any question?
Honestly, no Christian has ever been able to explain this to me, and I've read a LOT of apologetics. Jesus is God, correct? God is an omnipotent, omniscient and eternal divine being, right?
So God comes to Earth in his aspect of Jesus Christ, knowing what will happen. This divine and eternal being does a lot of good on Earth, then is subjected to physical death for stirring things up too much. God goes back home to continue his rule.
Now, given that God is omnipotent and eternal, it seems that a little crucifixion wouldn't seem like much to him. At worst it was a slightly unpleasant end to a business trip.
So the end question is, where is the sacrifice?
Our concept of God comes from Judaism, specifically Abraham which Christianity, Judaism and Islam all claim as a patriarch--but only Christians regard Jesus as the Son of God. Although I do not believe Islam to be a legitimate religious belief because of its inherent Mohammad-inspired violence, I am somewhat of a universalism Christian in that I believe everyone who strives for a Jesus-like life of goodness and mercy has a chance at salvation but the question today is how many are leading such a life? I think that God the Father is mighty P.O.ed with us in allowing Satan so much control (i.e. look at deteriorating American families, entertainment venues where sex and violence dominate, porn, drugs, alcohol, crime, AIDs, etc., etc., and, giving the devil his due, such avoidance of evil things is the only reason that I give Muslims credit with certain religious tenets and practices). So the question really is a question.