Dan_473

It just seemed strange to me that God would set up a system which involved so much suffering, which is sounds like is also unavailable. If that's just the way it is, then I guess no sense in pursuing it. But it seemed like something worth exploring.

Thanks for all the answers so far everyone! So if I may ask a follow-up question, did Jesus need to suffer and die or would it have been enough just to die? Or along those same lines, if he had been on the cross only half the time, say 3 hours instead of 6, could he have redeemed only half as many people?

Like maybe one of the things I'm asking is, Does Heavenly Father need a sacrifice in order to forgive us? I can forgive other people without a sacrifice, at least I think I can... So what is the situation?

Okay, so I looked at some of the Links at the URL you posted there, and thanks for that! So I see that it talks about Jesus being our savior. Savior from sin? Is this the only way that God could have forgiven our sins?

Hi! Greetings from a non-mormon newbie In LDS thought, why does Jesus have to die? I know the standard thinking in the Christianity I'm familiar with, that Jesus death was the only way that we could get eternal life, that God could forgive our sins. But who set up that system?