1. That's the point. It's easy to be cruel, vicious, and petty. It's harder to resist that urge and show decency, compassion, and forgiveness, even when it gets spat upon for when you try. If you think for a moment, Christians, to use a video game analogy, play life on Hard Mode on purpose, because that's what God wants us to do, and we believe in Him, hence we do so. Anyone can harm and kill their brother, but we are supposed to refrain from the temptation because that's the whole point of being Christian, or Christ-like. If Jesus wouldn't do it, neither should you is the tl;dr version,