I'm not too familiar with Christianity, but there are a few points i'd like to bring up...
1. Don't you go to hell if you're not baptised? Or does that only apply to certain branches of Christianity? (Baptism, Anglicanism etc) Or have these "Laws" relaxed during recent years?
"He that *believeth* and is baptized shall be saved..." (Mark 16:16).
2.God gives eternal life because Jesus Christ atoned for our sin: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
What was our original sin? I've never been clear about that.
3. I've always had a funny suspicion that God sent his son, Jesus, to atone for our sins because he was guilty. What of? I suspect that God felt guilty because he gave us free will. With that free will, came suffering, pain, viices...all the bad things in life. Can you prove/disprove/give your opinion on my little suspicion?
Edit: Ursca; I'm an Atheist myself, and from what i've seen and judged of the world and humanity in general, I believe that Religion comes from one of our basic human needs, the need to understand. I think it's terrifying for the human mind to think that there isn't any afterlife. Religion helps to fill in gaps that humans just cannot explain or hypothesise.
That's no longer the case, however, through advancements in physics (Discovery of the Quantum layer, X-rays, Gravity) We've been able to theorise new ways of how we came to existence. I think that's why we, as a race in general, have been losing our religious .