The point of the death of Jesus? Well, I think there are very few Christians who believe Jesus died to appease the wrath of an angry God. "Jesus died for your sins" is a verbal shortcut that does the matter more harm than good - it's too simplistic.

The theology of the death of Jesus is not something that can be explained in an Internet forum. For his death to have the significance Christians give to it, one must be able to believe in the divinity of Jesus - or at least accept it for the sake of the discussion. If God became man and then was killed because of his stance against injustice, that has meaning. Many people have died opposing injustice, opposing what's wrong with this world; but if God did it, too, that has special significance and gives meaning to the deaths of all those others.

-Joe Offer-