Is the whole basis of 'christianity' just one huge con job?

Let's see, 'Christ' dies for the sin of all mankind on the cross, then gets put into the tomb on Friday niter (no party hearty for 'Jesus') and on Sunday morning 'Jesus' jumps up and yells, "Psych! I'm still alive!" So, either the dude is dead or he isn't dead, and from the story he isn't dead, so he didn't die for all the sins of mankind, so what's the point of the story in the first place? Talk about bad writing.... Oh, my....
Good writing? Snakes that talk? Rabbits chewing their cuds? Donkeys that could talk? Pi = 3? A guy can live in the belly of a fish for three days? Three guys can survive in a furnace so hot it kills the attendants? Good writing? If you are 3 years old, maybe.
@exp... no, they were not really dead. You are not dead until your electroencephalogram flat lines for several minutes. After that, brain damage is irreversible and irreparable. So, you need to tune up your definition of dead.

read the bible and you'll find out how good the writing actually was
Jesus Saves!

Obviously you've never heard of people dying and being resuscitated in hospitals before. Does that mean they were never really dead because they were revived?

Chrisitianity: He died for the sins of humanity. Really died, pierce his heart with sword dead, lay in the grave dead. Recognized dead by soldiers that knew all about dead. And then rose from the dead, alive. No longer dead. For those who desire forgiveness the atonement is available by faith. Pretty simple.