The Theodicy

Jesus’ entire ministry addresses the Theodicy, Alex. Literally, it’s just a way of saying, “There’s absurd suffering in this world, so believe in me, and you’ll go to a perfect one.”

Consider the theme of the Resurrection? How can man–who is incredibly fallible–live for eternity without suffering, without the perfect mind and body of Christ? How can there be peace without the Spirit? Obviously, the world is cruel, evil, destructive… God knows that, so He prepared a better one. The world was always that way, too, due to the fall. It wasn’t supposed to be a perfect world, and the days where we were supposed to make our lives here, ended when Babylon Sacked Jerusalem.

Like the real thing to think about, is how Sin causes suffering. And by elevating it to the top of the Pantheon–by making Sin the milieu–you’re causing even more suffering, not less. The Law is meant to help ease suffering, by giving a perfect statute, which will inevitably cause peace and tranquility, even in the face of natural disaster or misfortune. Because people will share one another’s burdens. But, with the Every Man for Himself routine, and the libertine mores regarding sexuality, we can’t find the things that cause human happiness, as all those avenues are blocked, and replaced with something dirty that cannot fulfill the true desires of mankind.

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