I'm an atheist so help me understand the Christian reasoning from a rational perspective:
God created man and i guess he did a bad job because we, as species, decided to be very bad in his eyes. So after killing every man, woman and baby save for Noah and his sons and son's wives...he actually decides we deserve death and torment again. He wants to forgive us but in order to do this he needs blood. And not just any blood but the blood of his only son/aspect of himself. So he makes an animal/human sacrifice of his son in order to forgive us for being so shitty...but it's only going to work if we believe the story after thousands of years.
So....if he wants to forgive and give a second chance, why not just do it without demanding blood and allegiance?
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Christianity is likely a composite of many different religions that were popular in that region at the time. In my opinion the Q document was what remained of the teachings of Jesus. It was embellished over time by the stories and myths in those other religions just as the traditions we follow since then were taken from other cultures. Some suggest it was the Romans under Constantine that created the religion after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. As paper and parchment were very expensive and scribes were rare it is not too difficult to justify this. Following this, the church was tasked with hiding or suppressing all evidence to the contrary. The final books of the Bible and the creed were not defined for centuries. Embellishments, fiction, Additions of midrash and unrelated stories, numerology, errors in translation, the additions of narratives, completions of gosples were all done to give the work a polished appearance but they were not coherent in the details, plus the original teachings by Jesus were likely of Buddhist origin. The Easter narative was so innovative as to be hard to dispute but it was not in the original work. Numerous versions of the New testament have been created with the flawed King James version still favored by many. In the end, the New Testament is considered go be a beautiful work, full of hidden knowledge and is a source of great comfort to those with faith in a hereafter and hopes of justice and reunification with loved ones. The creed is showing it's age though and is not spoken in some services anymore. The Lord's prayer has been retranslated and is still said. Attitudes towards marriage, women, people of color, and sexual preference are gradually changing but it depends on the faction, minister/priest and congregation. In my opinion, Christianity is still a work in progress.
