A recent “on the street interview” revealed a participant saying, “…if you’re a good person, if you lead a wonderful life for a “god,” for a higher purpose, I don’t see why any god would discriminate and send everyone else who’s not of the right religion to hell, I don’t think that’s proper.”1
This person admitted to a place called hell and seems to think that God is being discriminatory by sending people who don’t believe in the “right religion” to this place.
I am considering many questions based on this response. First, who defines what is good and what does a wonderful life look like? If one considers the relativity of this statement, then this person might think it’s okay to keep an extra $10 in change that was received accidentally. But, would he/she think it was okay for someone to steal $10 from them? If $10 is okay, what about $100 or $1000?
Just as I discussed last time regarding degrees of truth, there cannot be degrees of good—not if there is a God that is just. I serve a God that is just, not discriminatory. Just as truth is not relative, God's response to us is not relative.
It’s pretty simple, we’re all messed up, we’re all sinners who deserve death by a God is good and holy. However, because he does not discriminate, he makes salvation available to everyone who asks.
I’ll look at another question raised by this interview next time.
Question to ponder. When is it okay for someone to commit a wrong-doing against you?
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