God has no right to judge human beings PDF

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Lauren Palombo “God has no right to judge human beings.” Discuss.

From one perspective, Christians might argue that God has every right to judge us. This could be because they support the idea that everything, including humans was made from ‘ex nihilo’ meaning ‘nothing’ thus justifying God for judging us as he ultimately created us. The idea of ‘free will’ is also introduced when determining whether God has the right to judge human beings. Some Christians may feel that as God has given us the choice to pick between right and wrong, good and bad, we will inevitably be judged upon the option we take. This then reinforces the idea that on Judgment Day, those who have done good will be rewarded and go to Heaven with God himself, and those who did chose a life full of sin will be punished and sentenced to an eternity in Hell. In those instances, Christians would disagree with the statement as they believe humans were made in the image of God, therefore he has every right to judge them, for better or worse. However, I personally find the Christian perspective on God judging human beings flawed. This is because I believe how can God judge humans when he provides them with all the temptations and resources to sin. It is almost as if he is setting us up for failure? If there is such thing as an ‘omnibenevolent’ God, why would he purposely create bad choices for people to make just so he can judge them for it later? For example, if he is giving the person the choice to steal or the choice not to, surely it contradicts his all loving nature as he is still letting evil come into the world. Another argument in favour of the statement is the omnipotence paradox. If God judges us on things humans do then it is only fair to judge God on the things he cannot. The omnipotence paradox comes into effect when the questions such as “if God is all powerful can he create a stone which he cannot lift” are asked. Now, many Christian’s would argue no, because if he is all powerful he will always have the power to lift the stone. However, I would argue that if he is all powerful he should be able to create the stone which he cannot lift and if he cant then surely his power has its limitations, hence the view God is not all powerful therefore can be judged accordingly. Overall there is a clear difference in view points and I believe it all comes down to believing in God or not. For a religious person they will strive to do everything correctly and live their life according to the bible because they know God will judge them and hold anything they haven’t repented for against them on Judgment Day. In this sense, Christians would feel as though it is only right for God to judge them as otherwise they are living their lives morally in vain. From my perspective, as a nonreligious person I find it only unjust for God to Judge human beings as he puts evil in the world as a test and a God who is all loving would never do that, because it not only harms the person who commits the evil, but the innocent people around them....