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Because "Eve" in a fairy tale, was "beguiled and I did eat" of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
Because every person ever born excepting Mary, the Mother of Jesus, has original sin, then every person needs the magic solution---substitutionary atonement by a fictional guy named Jesus.
The good news drives some people into severe depression. The good news is emotional and mental abuse of millions, pushing them into unearned guilt and shame. How can a god worthy of respect, let alone devotion, condemn a finite human being with a finite lifespan, to an infinite hell of torture? Especially if the dead person has discarded his body and only has a soul? You can't give a soul third-degree burns. That takes heat and flesh.
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