(October 10, 2009 at 9:21 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: How is justice done by him torturing and having himself killed?
If a policeman caught someone raping a woman, and he instead had himself punished, is that justice? No, I think not.
This has made me realise i dont fully understand how the death of Jesus saves, so im looking into it now.
But to try and answer you question I'll say it is mercy not justice.
Quote:Since God knows everything, and can do anything. Why didn't he simply create humans in the first place so they can only do good, so they didn't need teaching, and why didn't he make life fair, so no one suffers? And so he's actually just?
God is just if he makes life fair.
God is unjust if he makes life unfair, even though he has the power to make it fair.
If we can only do good it isn't full free will is it. Bad things happening is just part of the world we live in.
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