RE: The purpose of god
February 18, 2013 at 7:30 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2013 at 7:31 pm by fr0d0.)
I think you are saying that without justice you can see acted out in front of you, you can't understand how it is justice.
Jesus said about paying what is owed to Ceasar to Ceasar. To me this is earthly debts. I mentioned it before because I think it's important, and is certainly taught in Churches I've been to. People immitating Christ (Church members?) are for upholding laws and being law abiding.
What good is having sins forgiven? To me... it means being free to realise my potential. Not being hampered by guilt for my bad self. What if Dahmer was forgiven? Why deny him that right? He should pay his debt if that were possible. You say it isn't. Fair enough. My reasoning is that in eternity, God wins everyone over to his irresistable good. So at some point even the worst evil gets assimilated. Justice, even posthumous justice gets played out where people suffer for the bad stuff they do. When they eventually work out that good has to win, they join everyone else.
Jesus said about paying what is owed to Ceasar to Ceasar. To me this is earthly debts. I mentioned it before because I think it's important, and is certainly taught in Churches I've been to. People immitating Christ (Church members?) are for upholding laws and being law abiding.
What good is having sins forgiven? To me... it means being free to realise my potential. Not being hampered by guilt for my bad self. What if Dahmer was forgiven? Why deny him that right? He should pay his debt if that were possible. You say it isn't. Fair enough. My reasoning is that in eternity, God wins everyone over to his irresistable good. So at some point even the worst evil gets assimilated. Justice, even posthumous justice gets played out where people suffer for the bad stuff they do. When they eventually work out that good has to win, they join everyone else.
