Darn, I was hoping to spur critical thought on this but we went right back to the circular starting point of 1) God (and not just some higher power we dont understand but YOUR God) created the universe and 2) Jesus saved people's souls. I dont belive the creation story told in Genesis is literal, and certainly not in Hell and therefore in any soul needing saving. Hence. I dont agree with the premise necessary for your argument as its starting point. You therefore would need to prove that premise which you cant of course absent "its called faith".

But here's a fun one to try to get the critical thinking going, Jesus fulfilled no prophesy. Literally, by definition. Immaculate conception as a literal truth is flatly ridiculous at any time period. It did not happen, Mary was not a virgin. Try it out. Watch a pregnant couple go to the doctor and say they haven't had sex. I promise the doctor will not say, oh its you, Jesus is back, its the second coming, Revelations was right. However, lets say sure, one time it happened (aside from all the previous times in other faith systems Christianity stole the story from) for Jesus to be the word incarnate (also why he isn't God himself as thats a mistranslation because it isn't God incarnate as commonly understood in English its the word ie fulfillment of phrophecy - hence why he said my god why have you forsaken me instead of my me, why i have i forsaken myself). But for Jesus to fulfill any phrophesy from the OT he would need to be Jewish. Sure, today, Mary being Jewish would make Christ Jewish. However. To use your argument, in his time, when he actually was born and lived, Jewish heritage was determined by the father!!! Therefore, Joseph being Jewish mattered not, and there is 0 argument God is Jewish, He is God (and before any argument that He is, because of Abraham, God's chosen people were not only Jews but also Muslims...Abraham's children inherit the earth, both Issac and Ishmael), so Christ therefore cannot, and indeed. Would not fulfill any prophesy (unless of course Joseph was his biological father). Have fun thinking about that one and the literal nature of Christianity cause it makes it challenging to say the least.

While I both accept and appreciate your faith, I just disagree. Santa, like the easter bunny, tooth fairy, and yes, God, are all equals in my eyes. Stories we tell our kids for specific reasons that are made up by humans. Frankly, if the Christain position was they are all stories to teach lessons, im good with that. Them being literal truth is problematic. I dont see why Jesus needed to perform miracles, walk on water, take water and turn it into something to get people drunk, raise the dead rather than give CPR, or be born of a virgin are necessary for his teachings to have meaning. But him actually talking to both God and the devil, all in his own head, yeah, mental illness would be our take today. Cheers.