Christians say, “God is omnipotent. He is all-powerful. He can literally do anything, including giving people superpowers, etc. God can do ANYTHING. He could make pigs fly with a snap of the fingers; he could create infinite universes with just speaking it into existence.” But, at the same time, these same people say, “God had to send his son to die because it was the only way.”
Okay, then God is not all-powerful then, lol. He’s not omnipotent. That’s literally the opposite of omnipotence. If God is omnipotent, then he literally had infinite options. In fact, if he’s this powerful, then sending his son is a really dumb idea and makes zero sense.
I don’t know if this comparison makes sense, but in The Flash TV show, when they were fighting a speedster named Savitar, there was a building with metahuman power dampeners so you can’t use your powers inside this building. Savitar was going to kill Iris West, so what would be the smart thing to do??? Maybe put Iris in this building because Savitar can’t use his powers inside it. Case closed. It would make no sense for this option to be here but then for Team Flash to say, “We know this easier and smarter option exists, but Iris, you dying is the only way we can stop Savitar and save you.”
See what I mean? Point is, if God is omnipotent, then Jesus dying wasn’t the only way. Jesus being tortured so he could feel all the pain of sin was not necessary. If you’re saying this was the only way, then fine, but don’t say God is all-powerful and limitless, because clearly there are limits to God’s own power.
To understand the bible, you need to understand the cultural context of the time it was written.
There are so many different interpretations of the bible, what’s important, what’s the deeper meaning, and what you can ignore. Your interpretation is clearly different to the parent poster.
For an omnipotent being, kinda strange way to get your message across isn’t it? Even the most devout followers can’t agree what it all means, let alone everyone else.
Only an issue if you believe in Sola Scriptura honestly, it’s easy to understand how easily can any message get lost, manipulated and misunderstood through the centuries.
Another reason why there are so many different interpretations it’s translations and removing books for reasons. Never understood how someone decided in the last 5 centuries that a book isn’t the word of God and hence should be removed.
My main argument about all this is: if there is a God how can a person understand it’s mind?
Arbitrary decisions have been made for much longer than 5 centuries about which books are in and out of the bible, and how to change the text to suit the narrative and culture of the day
That’s kinda the point. It all comes down to what “feels right” for each person, not what’s proven to be true. How do we know any interpretation is correct, and we know what’s actually in “God’s mind”? For all we know, no interpretation is correct and we all have it wrong.