(November 9, 2011 at 7:52 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Nobody is “worthy” of hearing the good word, it’s amazing that God chose to save anyone at all.
If no one is worthy, then why save us at all?
Statler Waldorf Wrote:Well they are justly being damned though because salvation is not earned or deserved. It would be like if a criminal was denied the opportunity for a pardon, that would still be completely just because he does not deserve a pardon, it’s a form of grace.
Except in this situation he allows some to earn a pardon while simultaneously denying others any chance at all. When you add to that the they are being denied this chance because of reasons beyond their control that he created(place of birth), God's idea of justice is being randomly applied.
Statler Waldorf Wrote:If God allows someone to do what they want and sin then they are still responsible for their actions. If I had a pet dog that really wanted to cross an electric fence and I kept pulling it back from doing so, but I finally let it do what it wants and cross the fence and get zapped the dog is still responsible for crossing the fence because it did what it wanted. I just merely allowed it to happen. People still make choices, but they are only allowed to make choices that God passively pre-ordains.
Except this does not apply because these people are being punished for something they did not choose(place of birth again).
Statler Waldorf Wrote:Nothing, absolutely nothing in me made me deserve such an opportunity.
Yet you believe god has given you the opportunity but he denies it to others. Something obviously has to set you apart from those who have no chance.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell