They have a flaw, which can only be fixed by Jesus Christ.” Why make us defective?
” We are not defective. We are exactly the way we had to be, in order to share the happiness of heaven. Our pride, our “hubris” as the old Greeks called it, has always been considered to be a fatal flaw. But it is not a flaw in our nature. As God’s children, we must have free will to do great good, even when it seems like that will be to our own disadvantage; or to reject God’s authority over us, when it seems like to do so would result in more pleasures of this world. Yes, the sacrifice of Christ is necessary for God to be able to forgive us for frequently making the wrong choices. But the “flaw” is not a design flaw; it is entirely of our own making. See our article “Original Sin.” Do you have to be baptized by immersion to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? The Good Thief was not baptized, and we have Christ’s word that he is in heaven. Being “saved” is not like joining a cult. There is no magic ritual that can assure us of salvation. God will judge us when we die, not a moment before, an
