| | Yesterday I read a blog by Papillon_Mom about her views on her faith and why she doesn't apologize for it. I also read a few of the comments below, and one of them really stood out to me. The poster said that requiring acceptance of Jesus Christ as your savior was not a *just* way of determining salvation. He said, "If the system is setup such that if I live an otherwise good and righteous life in every other conceivable way but I choose not to believe in Jesus as my Savior and as a consequence I go to Hell then whoever created such a system is a Jerk. That's the Truth. Plain and Simple."
Hmm. Sooo, because a salvation "system" was set up, and he chooses not to take advantage of it, God is a Jerk. Uh huh.
Let me illustrate what he's saying here.
A guy enrolls in college. He goes to classes, takes notes, and does the homework... but he never turns it in. His teachers come to him several times during the semester and say to him, "Where's your homework? You never turn it in. You're passing all the tests that I give during class, but those few grades are not going to be enough to get you a pass for this class. You need to turn in your homework if you want to pass my class. These are my office hours- come by any time." He ignores them. At the end of the semester, he flunks out of college. He proceeds to go home and complain to anyone who will listen about how UNFAIR it is that he didn't receive credit for homework which he never turned in, and how all his teachers are jerks.
A second illustration:
A girl is short on cash, so she decides to get a job. But instead of getting applications and going through the hiring process, she looks at all the fast food places in town and decides she wants to work for a local burger place. She steals a uniform, and shows up for work every day from 2-7. She's a good worker, the customers and the employees like her. At the end of the week, when everyone else gets their paycheck, she goes to the manager (who's been on vacation) and asks for hers. He says, "I've never seen you before. Let me check... hmm, you're not in our system. When were you hired?" She gets in a huff and says, "I've been working here for a week, and I'd like my pay, please!" He says, "Look, you're not in our system, there's nothing I can do." She goes home grumbling to herself. The next day the manager calls her and says, "I've been watching the security footage and talking to the other employees. You're a good worker, and I agree that you should get paid for the work that you did. Why don't you come in and fill out a hiring packet, and I will make sure that you get paid retroactively for last week, and you can continue working here?"
She proceeds to tell him off about how it's not fair that she should be required to fill out anything, and why can't he just pay her, since it's obvious from the security footage that she did the work? She refuses to come in and fill out the forms, and so she continues to go unpaid. BUT... she continues to show up for work every day from 2-7 unasked, and in fact warned by the manager that she will not be paid, all the while complaining to the employees and eventually customers about how she's not getting paid for the work that she's doing. Eventually, she's causing so much of a commotion that the manager calls the police to forcibly remove her from the premises, and gets a court order to bar her from coming to his store. All because she refused to fill out some forms.
Look. Having a system by which we can be saved, and maintaining that this is the only way to be saved, is not "unjust." It is not "unfair." If anything, NOT having such a system would be unjust and unfair.
Complaining about the system because *you choose* not to take advantage of it when you are given every opportunity is... childish. And incredibly arrogant. But you know what? God's not going to force it on you. You still have free will, and if you want to go to hell... I guess that's where you'll end up. |
| | Posted 1/9/2009 10:32 AM - 14 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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