It seems to me that without an afterlife, there would be no justice. The evil people in the world who have gotten away with their crimes wouldn't have to answer for anything. The good people who have been murdered would have nothing. They would just be dead. Personally, that seems like such a...
Actually, Jesus isn't considered a demi-god. At the Council of Nicea it was decided that Jesus was fully God and fully man. The reason he died is for us. He died so that we would be forgiven. Yes he did have to die. That doesn't mean that he wanted to do it. He was sad but, he knew that it was...