Why did Jesus Christ sacrifice his self for you?

[MrWayne]

aiwass said:

MrWayne said:
I don't believe in god or that Jesus was his son (note I'm also not an atheist) but the New Testament is remarkably progressive for a book written 2000 years ago and there are many different and interresting readings of it.

Please define the word 'atheist'.

I do believe in heaven and the afterlife so I definitely have some kind of religious belief but I don't believe that god like beings exist who influence our life.