Questions about whether humanity’s justice is better than God’s, what to say to a Muslim who asks why God’s justice requires him to punish sin instead of just forgiving without punishment, and why so much blood, torture, and slaughter for Jesus.

God is not just. Humanity’s justice attempts to fit a punishment to the crime and aims for rehabilitation and restoration to the community rather than eternal damnation.

What would you say to a Muslim who asks why God’s justice requires him to punish sin instead of just forgiving without punishment?

Why so much blood, torture, and slaughter for Jesus?