tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post5212997333684521096..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: The Comforting Doctrine of HellCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-8704946740246403992010-06-15T09:37:16.948-04:002010-06-15T09:37:16.948-04:00Gordon,
Well said.Gordon,<br />Well said.Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-72951957027972684172010-06-15T08:22:35.039-04:002010-06-15T08:22:35.039-04:00"By comparison, the Marxist Utopian classless..."By comparison, the Marxist Utopian classless society somewhere far off in the future is just pie in the sky by and by and the Progressivist vision of an eternally improving world is utterly meaningless to me here and now."<br /><br />Yes, because I won't be around to see it or benefit from it, whereas the doctrine of future resurrection and judgement offers me the hope of experiencing God's justice. <br /><br />Tim Keller addresses the issue of hell and judgement in "The Reason For God," basically saying that in many places in the world, it is not God's judgement, but God's mercy that is a stumbling block for people. Because of their daily experience of suffering, injustice and evil, they understand and embrace the idea of a God who judges evil, but struggle with the idea of God forgiving those who commit such acts of evil and injustice. <br /><br />Meanwhile, over here in the largely comfortable western world where acute suffering, evil, and injustice are much less a part of our daily experience, we take God's mercy for granted (or consider it something which we don't even need) and are offended at the idea of a God who judges. Then we imperialistically project our perspective onto the cosmos and act as if our view of the matter should be the morally determinative for all of reality.Gordon Hackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06342433273604253495noreply@blogger.com