Why?

Wednesday April 4th, Luke 22: 41 He pulled away from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed, 42 "Father, remove this cup from me. But please, not what I want. What do you want?" 43 At once an angel from heaven was at his side, strengthening him. 44 He prayed on all the harder. Sweat, wrung from him like drops of blood, poured off his face.45 He got up from prayer, went back to the disciples and found them asleep, drugged by grief. 46 He said, "What business do you have sleeping? Get up. Pray so you won't give in to temptation." Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease an angry god? Was it to atone for our sins for all time, the perfect sacrificial offering, which is also appeasing a blood thirsty god? Was it to show the way to obedience? Or was it the only thing humanity could, and still can, understand? Perhaps it has less to do with the violent nature of god than with the violent nature of humanity.