RE: I just want to record this on the blockchain:
"...whom He made in His image but gave free will, and saw what we would do with it, and so made us mortal."
You seem to not grasp that if He made us with such omniscience, He also intentionally made us rebellious.
I also note that this Jesus you claim is a magical charm that renders us flawless if we only correctly chant incantations regarding never made such a claim Himself. He said to do as He did, not that He was the only one necessary to do it. The latter was the interpretation of His words by Romans, who forged from His actions and words an imperial order that conquered the world by sword and fire.
Have a bit of critical thought regarding the difference between chanting magic spells wizards in pointy hats claim will make you holy and living as Jesus did, which is what He claimed would make you holy. He recommended the latter. If He wasn't just an ordinary man what He did has no significance for us, mere ordinary men. If only God incarnate can live a righteous life, Jesus' sacrifice is meaningless for mere ordinary men who are not God incarnate. That sacrificial life He led is only meaningful as a model mere ordinary men can follow to be righteous, and belief in magical incantations just renders you subject to Papal overlords whose temporal power and secular wealth are a mockery of the very human love Jesus taught.
Edit: just to make my point clearly, Jesus would be appalled by being worshipped as God. He said "Why do you call me good? Only God is good." Don't worship Jesus. Worship the God Jesus worshipped. Jesus showed you how to worship God, not how to be worshipped as God.
'La illaha il Allah'. There is no God but God.
agree - the trinity is non sense, adding more weight to what i wrote, not less, but thanks for agreeing.
the 'magical charm' is faith my friend - no one can be perfect but we can sure head in that diretion from where we are.
if you don't believe God's word, you believe man's.