When I was ten years old, I got to reading Genesis, and guess what - before any kind of worldly influences of any meaning, I understood Genesis.
You were a child, and you believed a story about a talking snake outwitting God.
I get the picture.
It is more comfortable to believe it was all a parable, and that we all go to heaven no matter what we do in life.
It's so much more comfortable for
some people to believe that even though the Bible says that Jesus "gave himself as a ransom for all", that still means that the people whom they personally disapprove of are not in fact ransomed and will burn in Hell forever.
The message is sin.
Have you ever lied?
Have you ever stolen?
Have you ever cursed God or took His name in vain?
Have you ever commited adultery, even in your heart? Have you lusted ever before?
Have you ever been angry at your brother?
Yes, how about you?
Right.
So the difference between us, apparently, is that you believe, without evidence, that someone else has taken responsibility for your sins, whereas I accept responsibility for mine.