I do not know how we got on this rabbit trail of Christian criticism but I am compelled to answer. You give only incomplete to the gospel account, pointing out Jesus’ death but neglected his resurrection. Scripture give a better defense of what we believe in Christ: We all are dead in sin yet God in his mercy sent his son who died in our sin and was resurrected for our Justification.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8 (English Standard Version)
English Standard Version (ESV)
15 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
If Christ has no resurrected then we are in Christ would “live according to nothing”.
I do not know how we got on this rabbit trail of Christian criticism but I am compelled to answer. You give only incomplete to the gospel account, pointing out Jesus’ death but neglected his resurrection. Scripture give a better defense of what we believe in Christ: We all are dead in sin yet God in his mercy sent his son who died in our sin and was resurrected for our Justification.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8 (English Standard Version)
English Standard Version (ESV)
15 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
If Christ has no resurrected then we are in Christ would “live according to nothing”.