Stormie made my point. That's awesome.
I have to live with every bad thing I have ever done. I can't give it to something that does not exist. I have to fess to it, to myself. Then make the changes that need to be made. My sins are my sins and I did not approve a god to kill theirselves for my sins. Don't kill yourself or be killed for any sin of mine. You do not have my approval. They are mine. Kthnx. I haven't done anything that bad anyway. No one needs more gruesome death to be forgiven. That is faulty thinking. I am capable of saving myself. I am capable of living with my own sins. I am capable of forgiving myself. No one needs to do that for me. It's for me to do. If I have hurt someone it is up to me to make amends, and god isn't going to do it for me.
If you disagree, may god forgive me.
I know people feel more comfortable thinking that they have been forgiven by a great power. But I don't live that way. I'm not always comfortable because I have to work on my issues. I can forgive myself when I have done something about them, and an outside entity managing it will not help. That will just give me more wiggle room to keep screwing up now won't it? When I manage it myself I have good character. When I do for myself and then others why would an outside force be compelled to get involved?
Can any of you say that you don't need to be forgiven by god? I can. I can't even figure out what being forgiven by god even involves. I owe no entities an explanation. And if I do, then god itself needs to let me know, because I am currently unaware of being involved with anything that wants to micro-manage my responsibilites, my screw-ups, or my good qualities.