EvC Forum: Is it egotistical to think that a God would die for you?

Greatest I am writes:

Is it egotistical to think that a God would die for you?

I think it certainly can be. But it doesn't have to be.
If God actually did die for us (let's just there is incontrovertible evidence for this conclusion)... then it's not egotistical to think that He did... it's just acknowledging reality.

People who believe in the barbaric human blood sacrifice of the Triune Jesus/God must believe that the greatest force ever to exist decided that humans, lowly creations whom we are told are infinitely inferior to God, are somehow more important than God’s own life and that he would give it up for believers.

Seems like a logical conclusion.
But not all people are logical, or willing to follow such thought through.
And some do, but just think "there's something else to it" that we don't know about in a "God's ways are mysterious" sort of deal.

How is placing your own life above Triune Jesus/God’s showing a humble character as you think that he would die for you? That is taking self-pride to the maximum.

I agree that what you describe is not humble.
I don't think that many believers think that this situation describes them, though. I don't think they would agree that they "place their own life above God's" in any manner.
Maybe they just don't follow your logic, or maybe they think there are other factors involved that you haven't accounted for.
I'm just guessing...

Yet Christians who think they are moral will believe that God would do such a despicable thing as having his son killed even as scriptures say that God prefers repentance to sacrifice and does not believe in asking or accepting a ransom.

I think there's something in scriptures about God killing His son in order to stop all sacrificing... so that it doesn't have to happen anymore.
Personally, if I wanted to stop all sacrificing, I'd just simply stop it... not have one big finale or anything like that.

It's sort of like saying "lets all agree to end capital punishment throughout the world! We'll kill everyone in prison right now, and then there'll be no more need to ever kill again!"

Jesus' death didn't stop people from sacrificing animals or other people. Hell, it still happens today.
It may have stopped "the need for it" (or so they believe)... but "the need for it" could have stopped without killing Jesus anyway.
I don't really get it.

I do, however, fully get it if it's just a made-up story told by people to try and convince other people...

Is thinking that to believe that God would die for you the epitome of an inflated ego?

If not, what could possibly inflate an ego more than that?

I suppose you could think that 10 Gods would die for you...

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